School-Community Partnerships In Support of Learning
Karen BakerInstitute for Educational Leadership
Homeschooling in the United States: 1999
Chester E. Finn, Jr.National Center for Education Statistics
Mathematics 2000: The Nation's Report Card
Chester E. Finn, Jr.National Center for Education Statistics and the National Assessment Governing Board
2001 State Special Education Outcomes: A Report on State Activities at the Beginning of a New Decade
Kelly ScottNational Center on Educational Outcomes
Do No Harm-High Stakes Testing and Students With Learning Disabilities
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Disability Rights Advocates
Teach for America instructors outshine experienced teachers
Teach for America teachers perform as well or better than other teachers employed by the Houston Independent School District, according to an independent study by CREDO, a research group based at Stanford's Hoover Institution. An editorial in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution argues that Georgia should also open its doors to prospective teachers like these.
Performance Pay Roadblocks
The movement to link teacher pay to performance in the classroom has taken several giant steps forward this year-in Iowa, Arizona, and Toledo, just to name a few places-but it took two steps back last week.
Revolution in the ed schools
Almost everyone agrees that schools of education need an overhaul and Martin Kozloff, a reform-minded professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, explains how this should happen in a manifesto posted on EducationNews.org.
Is Ted Kennedy the GOP's best hope on ESEA?
Senator Edward M. Kennedy shocked and disappointed many fellow Democrats with his willingness to compromise with the Bush administration on ESEA.
New corps of urban principals breaks barriers to entry
Last week, New Leaders for New Schools introduced its first corps of urban principals, highly-qualified individuals without standard principal credentials who have been given special training and served apprenticeships under master principals before taking the reins of their own schools. Solving the principal shortage will require districts to embrace innovative strategies like this.