First bell: 9-19-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: The Chicago strike ends, Wisconsin's collective bargaining court dispute heats up, and more
First bell: 9-17-12
Tyson EberhardtThe Chicago strike continues and Mayor Emanuel looks to the courts to end it.
First bell: 9-14-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at this morning's education news: hopes of a deal in Chicago emerge, Jeb Bush weighs in, and more
First bell: 9-13-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: A labor deal in Boston and progress in Chicago?
First bell: 9-12-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: Arne Duncan on the Chicago strike, a new evaluation system in L.A., and more
Conflict is unavoidable
Michael J. PetrilliDo relations between teachers and administrators need to cool off and cooperate, or can needed change only come through confrontation?
First Bell: 9-11-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: implications of the Chicago strike, a new OECD report, and more
The Chicago strike: It’s hard to imagine the teachers winning in the court of public opinion
Michael J. PetrilliWhy picket lines in the Windy City may impact the presidential race
First bell: 9-10-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at education news from the weekend and this morning: Chicago teachers strike, a charter moratorium in L.A., & more
First bell: 9-7-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: President Obama at the DNC, Texas asks for an NCLB waiver, and more
Maintenance of inefficiency
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. PetrilliOur absurdist approach to special education
Districts could save $10 billion, improve results, by shifting special-education staffing to national median
Tyson EberhardtFordham's latest report offers insights in to how to boost the quality and efficiency of special education
Flap in Virginia shows reformers’ fealty to ideology over implementation
Michael J. PetrilliWe need accountability systems that create urgency and push for significant gains every year. Ideological arguments and utopian objectives don’t help.
First bell: 9-4-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at education news from the long weekend and this morning
First bell: 8-31-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at this morning's education news: Jeb talked ed reform, the GOP is divided on Common Core, and more
Exam Schools: The Ups and Downs of Selective Public High Schools
The plight of low-performing students dominates our education news and policies. Yet America’s high flyers demand innovative, rigorous schooling as well, particularly if the country is to sharpen its economic and scientific edge. Motivated, high-ability youngsters can be served in myriad ways by public education, including schools that specialize in them. In a new book from Princeton University Press, Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, co-authors Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett identify 165 such high schools across America. In this Fordham LIVE! conversation, they and others will examine some of the issues that selective-admission public high schools pose. Who attends them? How are their students selected? Are such schools the future of gifted education or do they unfairly advantage a select few at the expense of most students? Just how different are they, anyway?
First bell: 8-30-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at today's education news: Virginia starts over with its NCLB-waiver goals, California looks to overhaul pensions, and more
Leadership lessons from a brazen cheating scandal
Gregg VanourekKeeping ethics and results aligned
Vouchers − Darwin= ??
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Let there be controversy
First bell: 8-29-12
Tyson EberhardtA first look at this morning's education news: Chris Christie takes on teacher unions at the RNC, the GOP's education platform is out, and more
Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Special Education
Nathan LevensonThis groundbreaking study uses the largest database of information on special education spending and staffing ever assembled to uncover significant variance in how districts staff for special education. The report concludes that if the high-spending districts studied reduce their staffing in this area to the national median the public could save $10 billion and offers clear recommendations for improving special-education quality and efficiency.