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Report
12.1.2000
Accountability & Testing, Governance

Education 2001: Getting the Job Done, A Memorandum to the President-Elect and the 107th Congress

Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Marci Kanstoroom, Ph.D., Diane Ravitch, Bruno V. Manno, Kelly Amis

President Bush campaigned on a strong education-reform platform, promising the American people that for the first time in a long time, commonsense?not special interest groups?would dictate federal education policy. Just before he entered the Oval Office, we handed him a briefing book on steps he could take to help transform the K-12 education system. In this "Memorandum to the President-Elect and the 107th Congress," we explained how the federal government has wasted billions of dollars on ineffective programs and offered suggestions for making continued federal funding matter.

Report
9.1.2000
Standards

Good Science, Bad Science: Teaching Evolution in the States

Lawrence S. Lerner

More than one-third of the states get low grades for the standards they have developed for teaching evolution, according to this new report. This report is the first comprehensive analysis of how each state handles evolution in its science standards for the public schools.

Report
6.1.2000
Private School Choice

Parochial Schools and Public Aid: Today's Catholic Schools

Christopher Connell

How much government aid do parochial schools and their students actually receive? Connell finds that public aid flows to church-affiliated schools through many channels, though amounts vary greatly from state to state. This report is especially timely in light of the Supreme Court's important decision upholding government aid to religious schools.

Report
4.1.2000
School Finance, Governance

Can Philanthropy Fix Our Schools? Appraising Walter Annenberg's $500 Million Gift to Public Education

Carol Innerst, Alexander Russo, Raymond Domanico

According to this new study, Ambassador Annenberg's gift has left only small footprints on the urban school systems it set out to reform. Good intentions and a generous checkbook were not enough to transform troubled urban schools. This report includes case studies of New York (by Raymond Domanico), Chicago (by Alexander Russo) and Philadelphia (by Carol Innerst) and an afterword by Chester E.Finn Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom.

Report
4.1.2000
Curriculum & Instruction, Standards

Politicizing Science Education

Paul Gross

Science as a search for truth has come under attack from both the left and the right. This report explores four case studies of threats to the integrity of science education.

Report
1.15.2000
Standards

The State of State Standards 2000

Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn, Jr.

According to this comprehensive report, only five states combine solid academic standards with strong school accountability.

Report
1.1.2000
Governance

Strange Brew: Minnesota's Motley Mix of School Reforms

Mitchell B. Pearlstein

Minnesota was the first state to embrace many important education reforms, from statewide open enrollment to charter schools to tax credits for parents paying certain education expenses. This report, written by Dr. Mitchell Pearlstein, President of the Minneapolis-based Center of the American Experiment, tells the stories behind Minnesota's unique policy experiences. What lay behind Minnesota's worthy innovations? Who was responsible for the bad ideas? Mitch's short answer: governors were behind most of the proposals that expanded education choice, while the flawed policies emerged from the state's education bureaucracy.

Report
1.1.2000
Standards, Teachers & School Leaders

Growing Better Teachers in the Garden State

Leo Klagholz

This report explains how New Jersey has implemented high standards for teachers without causing a teacher shortage by creating an alternative certification program.