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Carly Fiorina quotes about education
Editor's note: This post was first published on Flypaper on May 5, 2015.
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My ten best articles of the year
Spending time with nieces and nephews this holiday season—teenagers who are making decisions about where to go to college, what to study, and which vocations to pursue—has reminded me of just how lucky I am to have one of the best jobs in the world.
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Fordham’s most read posts of 2015
This year has been one of the most consequential for education reform in quite some time.
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Charter Schools
On the road to better accessibility, autonomy, and accountability in charter schools
Fourteen states have seen positive policy changes since NACSA’s inaugural report last year. By Jamie Davies O’Leary
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Charter Schools
Catholic School Renaissance: A Wise Giver's Guide to Strengthening a National Asset
In time for Christmas, a how-to book for philanthropists who want to bring new life to Catholic schools. By Kate Stringer
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Curriculum & Instruction
Advanced civics for U.S. history teachers
The importance of making history an academic priority once again. By Robert Pondisico
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Curriculum & Instruction, Charter Schools
Education posts I wish I'd written this year
The best compliment I can pay a fellow education blogger is to confess professional jealousy. By Robert Pondiscio
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Charter Schools
You’re invited! Fordham report release: Lessons from Ohio’s best charter schools
Celebrate National School Choice Week in Columbus on January 27
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The Baby New Year edition
The biggest education stories of 2015 (and 2016), how curriculum reform fared over the last twelve months, and the year’s best research studies.
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The best educational apps for teaching history, science, and other content to young children
The Apple App Store and Google Play are chocked-full of educational apps for your kids, some excellent and some schlock. Separating the wheat from the chaff is no small task; thankfully Graphite (a spin-off from Common Sense Media) does an excellent job highlighting and reviewing the better ones.
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Implementing ESSA: What to expect in 2016
The bill is signed, the law is enacted, the debates are a fading memory. Now a new phase of the fight begins. Join Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B.
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The Future of Parent Choice in Washington, D.C.
With almost half of its students attending charter schools, Washington, D.C. is one the leading school-choice cities in the nation.
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The Force Awakens edition
ESSA implementation, TFA students who become TFA teachers, Justice Scalia’s ill-spoken comments on race, and the effect of teacher layoffs on teacher quality and student achievement.
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Improving opportunities for African American students
Clear-eyed about the challenges. Constructive and hopeful about workable solutions. Robert Pondiscio
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NCTQ's annual State Teacher Policy Yearbook
In most states, a surprising amount of progress in a short amount of time. Robert Pondiscio
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A grand Washington accomplishment
ESSA’s presidential signature, the opt-out movement’s rural footprint, the economic benefit of NAEP proficiency, and TFA’s second-generation teachers.
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Poverty cannot explain America's mediocre test scores
That excuse turns out to be a crutch that’s unsupported by the evidence. Michael J. Petrilli and Brandon L. Wright
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Curriculum & Instruction
How to solve Scalia's race problem
There is a fast track in American education. And we’re getting far too few African American students onto it. By Brandon L. Wright and Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Governor Cuomo's task force looks to bury higher standards
Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice. But if you’re pressed for time and want to end all intelligent life quickly, nothing beats a task force.
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Charter Schools
On the Road to Better Accessibility, Autonomy, and Accountability: State Policy Analysis 2015
Rankings against policy recommendations
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All children deserve safe schools
Here at Fordham, you can usually find us gleefully dinging New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on his education policies. When he was first pushing his universal pre-K initiative a few years back, we argued that he should have tailored the program more narrowly to the kids who needed it most.
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
What I saw at Success Academies
On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of visiting Success Academy Harlem 1 and hearing from Eva Moskowitz and the SA staff about their model. I’m not going to venture into the thorny stuff about SA here. What I will say is that their results on state tests are clearly impressive, and I doubt that they’re fully (or even largely) explained by the practices that cause controversy.
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"Astoundingly" few preschoolers actually face suspension
It’s difficult to get your arms around the idea of suspending a three- or four-year-old from preschool. For most of us (if we’re even able to remember back that far), pre-K discipline basically meant quiet time in the corner, miserably sulking while our friends laughed and colored.
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A solution in search of a problem: On the recent efforts to change Ohio’s school accountability framework
Value-added does not need replacing
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Why this year's NCTQ yearbook is the tipping point for teacher effectiveness
Upon the release of our first comprehensive Yearbook that included state grades in 2009, the he
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
The effect of public and private schooling on anti-Semitism
Attending a religious school might reduce bigotry. Kevin Mahnken
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Charter Schools
Special education trends in charter schools
More myth-busting evidence about serving kids with special needs. Jamie Davies O'Leary
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Teacher autonomy in the classroom
Individual authority has decreased slightly, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Robert Pondiscio
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Curriculum & Instruction, Charter Schools
If you build it, they will come
The creation of Brooklyn Ascend charter school, textbooks in Texas, and substitute teachers in impoverished schools.
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Charter Schools
Resistance is futile
For school choice advocates, victory is inevitable. David Griffith
