The Full Story on the Race to the Top
Today, AEI released my third report on the education portions of the federal stimulus.?? This edition focused exclusively on the Race to the Top.?? (First two here and here.)
Today, AEI released my third report on the education portions of the federal stimulus.?? This edition focused exclusively on the Race to the Top.?? (First two here and here.)
Check out our recently released review of draft Common Core standards, or read this review of our private public schools report.
Flypaper readers should be familiar with Fordham's weekly newsletter, The Education Gadfly. I certainly blog enough about it!
New From Fordham: Review of the Draft K-12 Common Core Standards.Our expert reviewers have analyzed the draft Common Core K-12 education standards according to a set of rigorous criteria.
???I asked the teachers to do lesson plans, which they hadn't done in years.?? Sheryl Byrd said that was a change in work expectations.?? It's a requirement in the Ohio Revised Code, and we're going to follow it.??? -- Mike Dixon, Superintendent of Twin Valley Community Local Schools
Pioneer Institute Richard Cross, Theodor Rebarber, Kathleen Madigan, Bruce Bean March 2010
Tom LovelessBrookings Institution, Brown Center on Education PolicyMarch 2010
Naomi and Victor ChudowskyCenter on Education PolicyMarch 2010
National Center for Education StatisticsMarch 2010
While cash-strapped sport teams and PTAs across the country have lamented recent financial losses from bake sale bans for the sake of our children’s waistlines, no one has argued against the efficacy of improving student diets. Until now.
What do two mediocre charter schools on opposite coasts have in common? They’re both slated to close come June on account of low enrollment, financial concerns, and subpar test scores. Justice Charter High, a Los Angeles Green Dot campus, and New Covenant School in Albany have been on thin ice in recent years, but they’ve both made great gains in and out of the classroom.
If you’ve been wondering how the just-passed health care reform bill will affect your own coverage, consider the coverage of our nation’s teachers. Many enjoy the incredibly cushy Cadillac kind, courtesy of indefatigable unions and generous school boards.
We’re one step closer. “Common” standards for U.S. schools are knocking at the door. They won’t likely make it all the way in but even a partial entry is looking like it might do some good.
Enough is enough. At least that’s what the tiny school district of the “no-stoplight” town of Congress, AZ is saying to four women who have bombarded it with over 100 public records requests in eight years. The purpose of this paperwork?
It's not unusual for corporate foundations to invest in education, but increasingly these generally conservative organizations are teaming with reform-oriented groups. The??Credit Suisse Americas Foundation just announced a new initiative that will make grants in two of the most important ed reform areas:
There's a debate brewing about how much???if at all???great standards contribute to education reform. This week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial saying that they are not as important to student achievement as universal choice.
Mike Petrilli, I don't think you write ???poppycock'. I don't know why people are so mean.
"Do we have to have charter schools? We tried, we failed. I don't want to start a race 8 percent behind the other states." ??? Joseph Morton, Alabama state superintendent
Kudos to Scott Stephens for being recognized by the Education Writers Association for his terrific reporting work in 2009 for Catalyst Ohio!
For five good reasons, conservatives should take seriously the potential of the newly released (in draft form) “common” education standards to strengthen U.S. education.
Alliance for Excellent EducationBob Wise & Robert RothmanFebruary 2010
Almost since the contest was announced,????those of us working in Ohio have????wondered whether Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Race to the Top decisions could really be politics-free.
In our last issue, Gadfly erroneously reported that GE Lighting is based in Cincinnati, when any student of Ohio history should know that the Lighting & Electrical Institute is housed at the
Education Next featured TBFI president Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Columbus Collegiate Academy, one of six charter schools authorized by the Thomas B.
Ohio has positioned itself to be among the first states to adopt the “common” academic content standards, created through a state-led process coordinated by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association Center fo
When asked how he would go about improving Pittsburgh, Frank Lloyd Wright offered a simple solution: “Abandon it.” But that Price-is-Right hosting, Michael Moore look-a-like (minus the baseball hat and hammer-and-sickle) Drew Carey won’t drop the commitment to his hometown Cleveland that easily.
National Bureau of Economic ResearchJ. Angrist, S. Dynarski, T. Kane, P. Pathak, & C. WaltersFebruary 2010
The Fordham Institute's expert reviewers have analyzed the draft Common Core K-12 education standards (made public on March 10) according to rigorous criteria. Their analyses lead to a grade of A- for the draft mathematics standards and B for those in English language arts. Read on to find out more.
The Senate version of the health care bill is now law, and as this New York Times blog post explains, a few key provisions go into effect right away.