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Charter Schools, Advanced Education
In defense of New York City's selective high schools
This post was originally published in a slightly different form by the CUNY Institute for Education Policy.
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Late Bell: January 30, 2015
GIRLS RULE, BOYS DROOLIn terms of educational performance, girls appear to be on the
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Late Bell: January 29, 2015
AGAINST THE GRAINChalkbeat New York covers New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial plan to
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Standards
Nine questions: What does it even mean to oppose the Common Core?
Some queries for 2016 presidential contenders. Michael J. Petrilli
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Charter Schools
Public funding, parent choice, and the values of the majority
Last week, in his State of the State address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put the weight of his office behind an education tax credit
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Standards
Advice to Republican leaders: Don't back down on high education standards
Editor's note: This post was originally published in a slightly different form on the Daily Caller.
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Charter Schools
The case against federal accountability mandates in education
All we are saying is give choice a chance. Michael J. Petrilli
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Building a Better Leader: Takeaways
Editor's note: This is the sixth and final post in our latest blog series by John Chubb, "Building a Better Leader: Lessons from New Principal Leadership Development Programs." See here,
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Charter Schools
School Choice Week 2015: Honoring the best charter schools in Ohio
Agnostic on form; honoring the best
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Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools
Stump speech challenge: A New Deal on testing
All the pro-testing talking points you’ll ever need. Robert Pondiscio
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Charter Schools
And the climate changes (at least in Albany)
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Daily News.
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Standards
Tennessee embraced Common Core for a reason
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in The Tennessean.
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Conservatives in a revolution
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of personal reflections on the current state of education reform and contemporary conservatism by Andy Smarick, a Bernard Lee Schwartz senior policy fellow with the Thomas B.
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A fern between two Mikes: Testing, accountability, and the new ESEA
Testing, accountability, and the new ESEA.
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Despite Reports to the Contrary, New Teachers Are Staying in Their Jobs Longer
The new-teacher attrition rate is not 50 percent. Megan Lail
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Turning lightning into electricity: Organizing parents for education reform
Ivory tower, meet grounded boots. Kevin Mahnken
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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
Debunking the “selection bias” myth. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Standards
Model Citizens
Arizona makes passing the U.S. citizenship test a graduation requirement. Other states should too. Robert Pondiscio
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Why has education policy produced such little improvement?
A former secretary of education on the gap between policy and practice. Rod Paige
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Accountability & Testing
Stump speech contest: What members of Congress should say about testing
The word around town is that support for annual testing among rank-and-file members of Congress—in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle—is dangerously low. They are constantly hearing complaints from their constituents about the overuse and abuse of standardized tests, and many are eager to do something about it.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Don’t confuse jargon with rigor
At Inside Schools, a website for parents covering New York City schools, reporter
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State of dismay
Editor's note: This post appears in response to Michael J. Petrilli and Frederick M. Hess's earlier article.
