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Charter Schools, Accountability & Testing
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Charter Schools
Shocking: Presidential candidates are playing politics with the Common Core!
The Education Gadfly
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Two Strikes: Race and the Disciplining of Young Students
Racial biases of which reformers must take heed. Kevin Mahnken
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Doubling graduation rates
What it takes to bolster success for non-college-ready students. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Readiness Matters!: The 2014-2015 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report
Fewer than half of Maryland’s kiddos are ready for kindergarten. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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Grant Wiggins: An appreciation
Remembering a great man and a great sparring partner. Robert Pondiscio
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Charter Schools
How schools can solve Robert Putnam's poverty paradox
Poor kids need social capital; schools can help to provide it. Michael J. Petrilli
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Charter Schools
Martin O'Malley quotes about education
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PARCC recalibrates the value/burden equation
Maybe cooler heads can now prevail in the standarized testing debate
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Curriculum & Instruction
Common Core's first breakout hit?
A free online curriculum taps a need—and a nerve.
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Charter Schools
George Pataki quotes about education
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Charter Schools
Understanding incentives in charter authorizing
AEI just released a very good, short report on charter authorizing, “The Paperwork Pileup: Measuring the Burden of Charter School Applications.”
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Charter Schools
New Pathways to Careers and College: Examples, Evidence, and Prospects
How to identify and promote good CTE programs. Michelle Lerner
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Curriculum & Instruction
Closing the Expectations Gap 2014
We’re doing an awful job of ensuring that kids graduate from high school with the skills to succeed. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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Charter Schools
Rick Santorum quotes about education
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Charter Schools
Governor Markell's school choice column gets lost in the mail
We’ve learned a lot since 2001. Andy Smarick
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Curriculum & Instruction
Truth and consequences
States shouldn’t sugarcoat the bad news when reporting Common Core test results to parents. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
The Paperwork Pileup: Measuring the Burden of Charter School Applications
A new AEI report raises the right questions—and promulgates some of the wrong answers. Kathryn Mullen Upton
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Curriculum & Instruction
EngageNY's ELA curriculum is uncommonly engaging
Advocates hoped Common Core would incentivize good new curriculum. It’s happening. Kathleen Porter-Magee and Victoria Sears
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Curriculum & Instruction, Standards
NEW from Fordham: Is EngageNY uncommonly engaging?
Since we at Fordham began reviewing state academic standards in 1997, we have understood—and made clear—that standards alone are insufficient to drive improvements in student achievement.
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Curriculum & Instruction, Standards
Uncommonly Engaging? A Review of the EngageNY English Language Arts Common Core Curriculum
The need for standards-aligned curricula is the most cited Common Core challenge for states, districts, and schools. Yet five years into that implementation, teachers still report scrambling to find high-quality instructional materials. Despite publishers’ claims, there is a dearth of programs that are truly aligned to the demands of the Common Core for content and rigor.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Knowledge is literacy
Editor's note: This post has been updated to include the entirety of "Knowledge is literacy."
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
The American Dream in crisis: A conversation with Robert Putnam
Last week, Fordham hosted Robert Putnam for a discussion of his new book Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, which argues that a growing opportunity gap is leaving many American children behind.
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Charter Schools
Charter law reform in Ohio: Voices from the front lines
Leaders of high-performing schools address charter law reform efforts
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Play and replay
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form on Sherman Dorn's blog.
