The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has consistently believed that all schools should be held accountable for the performance of their students and that any school that isn’t perfor
A decade ago, I became fixated on what I saw as the biggest problem in K–12 education—that we continued to assign low-income inner-city kids to persistently failing schools.
Where are quality school seats most needed?
New report findings challenge popular myth that closing schools hurts students academically
Lowering college standards is not a solution to our remedial education problem. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
The New York Times’s Nicholas Kristof argued in his column yesterday that the “low-hanging fruit” of
Charter law reform efforts get attention at all levels, but it's worth remembering that great charter schools can change lives
Since its passage in 1974, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) has struck a careful and reasonable balance between the privacy of students and families and the need for timely and accurate information on the state of U.S. schools and school systems.
The Brookings Institution has come to its senses and found a splendid way to retain Russ Whitehurst on its senior research team.
Reversing the cycle of destructive discourse. Frederick M. Hess
Parsing the difference between preparation for “work,” “career,” and “a job.” Kevin Mahnken
Forget what you think you know about educational gaming. Greg Toppo
The testing “opt-out” movement is testing education reform’s humility.
Promising early signs that the standards are working. Jane Song
Parents should use the threat of test refusal to demand a well-rounded education for their kids.
In education reform, we like to say that demography isn’t destiny—that, with the right supports, poor children can achieve at high levels despite the many challenges they face. But today, I’d like to discuss demography more literally—namely, the nation’s birth rate. Because it is destined to lead to significant teacher layoffs in the near future.
What is the critical mass of opt-outs and to what might it lead?
Special Edition looking at coverage of Ohio Senate's charter reform bill
An internecine argument exposes a fault line in charter school rhetoric. Robert Pondiscio
Commonsense solutions to “undermatching.” Dominique Coote
Hint: Think Mad Men. Jeff Murray
No state does right by its “high flyers,” and most do an awful lot wrong. Michelle Lerner
Today, the Senate HELP Committee is considering the bipartisan ESEA reauthorization bill crafted by Senators Alexander and Murray.
I’m back from a week’s vacation and pleased to find that ESEA reauthorization is still (if just barely) alive.
