The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement
Thomas Dee and Brian JacobNBER Working PaperNovember 2009
Thomas Dee and Brian JacobNBER Working PaperNovember 2009
Gadfly’s high hopes and expectations for New York State Education Commissioner David Steiner were sustained by his first major policy move. In a presentation to the Regents, Steiner made an impassioned case for reform of teacher preparation.
What to think when a self-proclaimed Jewish-American ex-Trotskyist Muslim-convert neoconservative comments on the treatment of Islam in state history standards in a post-9/11 world?
We have schools that teach Ebonics, schools that don’t assign grades or tests, schools that promote Afro-centric or
Try this education Rorschach. Imagine a public school that’s knocking the roof off of the state test. Its classes are led by energetic, passionate, thoughtful teachers who engage their students in rigorous study. The curriculum is rich and varied, with plenty of time for history and science, art and music, along with the 3 Rs.
To the editor:It's great to have Mike back in the saddle. The old horse was moving slower and slower without his spurs.
The “helicopter parent” may be coming back to earth, or so this longish TIME piece hypothesizes. As readers may know, helicopter parents hover over their children pretty much 24/7.
On November 24, Arizona's H.B. 2011, originally passed in September, went into effect.
The Wall Street Journal editorial page has already taken the Administration to task for backing away from some of its tougher "Race to the Top" provisions around teacher evaluations and ch
Andy Rotherham's latest* U.S. News column argues that transparency is not enough in most policy spheres, including education. Accountability is needed, too.
Quotable: "Primarily the stimulus in Texas was used to just move dollars around and you didn't have the level of benefit that the stimulus was designed to create." -Rep. Jim Dunnam (D-Waco), chair of Texas's Select Committee on the Federal Economic Stabilization Funding