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ESSA
ESEA reauthorization explained in a single table
ESEA reauthorization explained in a single table
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Standards
Common Core State Standards aren't so easy to replace
Crying “Dump it!” might be good politics. But any high standards will look a lot like Common Core. Michael J. Petrilli and Michael Brickman
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Charter Schools
Why didn't I think of that?
Perhaps the highest praise you can heap on another writer’s work is to acknowledge a tinge of professional jealousy. You read a blog post, column, or piece of reporting and think, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Here are some of the pieces—about Common Core and education at large—I wish I’d written in 2014.
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Standards, Curriculum & Instruction
The missing link between standards and instruction
Previously, I posted about the perils of applying standards-driven instruction to reading classrooms.
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Do policymakers cherry-pick research?
Editor's note: This post is the sixth entry of a multi-part series of interviews featuring Fordham's own Andy Smarick and Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at Holy Cross.
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Your favorite (Fordham) things (in 2014)
It’s the end of another great year in education-reform punditry. What was on the mind of Fordham experts and guest bloggers this year? Common Core for sure, from teaching literacy to the coming assessments; but also the fate of unions, no-excuses charters, career and technical education, differentiated instruction, and more.
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Charter Schools
Exploring Ohio’s Private Education Sector
Some interesting trends and projections emerge from limited private school data
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2014 State Teacher Policy Yearbook
NCTQ's latest yearbook focuses heavily on the issue of teacher preparation
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Charter Schools
Late Bell: December 22, 2014
Welcome to a special Fordham-in-the-news edition of Late Bell.
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Curriculum & Instruction, Standards
Petrilli’s Christmas present
Just in time for Christmas, my Fordham colleague Mike Petrilli has left a present under the tree for inquisitive children and busy parents who don’t think the sky will fall if the kids get a little screen time now and again (it won’t).
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When should the courts intervene?
Editor's note: This post is the fifth entry of a multi-part series of interviews featuring Fordham's own Andy Smarick and Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at Holy Cross.
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Can Professional Environments in Schools Promote Teacher Development? Explaining Heterogeneity in Returns to Teaching Experience
The right environment may be as important as recruiting the right staff. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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The Professor and the President: Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House
A vintage model fit for today. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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On The Road to Better Accountability: An Analysis of State Charter School Policies
An imperfect analysis of a critically important issue. Jessica Poiner
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
What the Dickens! 2014 in Education Reform
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Michelle Lerner, Robert Pondiscio, and Alyssa Schwenk
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How Congress can address over-testing without overreaching
Senator Lamar Alexander, Representative John Kline, and their respective staffs have successfully freaked out sizable portions of the education-reform crowd—especially those who spend our days inside the Beltway bubble—by thr
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Stubborn people, bankrupt schools
Dear Santa,On behalf of a host of certified experts, policy wonks, busybodies and know-it-alls: All I would like for Christmas this year is your help in getting people to do what we know is best for them rather than what they want to do.
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Does money matter? Is school funding fair?
Editor's note: This post is the fourth entry of a multi-part series of interviews featuring Fordham's own Andy Smarick and Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at Holy Cross.
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Charter Schools
School discipline: Too important to leave to liberals
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Fixing NCLB
Editor's note: This post is the third entry of a multi-part series of interviews featuring Fordham's own Andy Smarick and Jack Schneider, an assistant professor of education at Holy Cross.
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Charter Schools
CREDO charter-quality report makes waves in Ohio
New report digs deep into student performance data.
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Charter Schools
Charters can do what's best for students who care
On today's Room for Debate series at the New York Times, p
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Homeostasis and the end of today's era of reform?
Reformers understandably fixate on our disputes du jour.
