Think Tank Research Quality: Lessons for Policymakers, the Media, and the Public
Janie ScullKevin G. Welner, Patricia H. Hinchey, Alex Molnar, and Don Weitzman, eds.Think Tank Review Project2010
The AP Arms Race: Is Grade-Weighting to Blame?
Daniela FairchildKristin KlopfensteinUniversity of Texas Dallas, Texas School Project2010
Common Core State Standards: Better than ever
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Yesterday marked the release of the final “Common Core” standards&—symbolically occurring in a state capital (Atlanta) rather than Washington, D.C.
Deal or no deal?
New York charter advocates celebrated victory this week over the raising of “the cap”: 260 additional schools may now open in the Empire State. But the higher ceiling came with strings.
Distractions are jinzhi!
We often lament the distractions of the Internet for American students. In China, they do something about it. As the country gears up for its annual college entrance exam on June 7 and 8, the provincial government in central China has shut down all of the area’s Internet cafes to “encourage” students to study.
After RTT comes the power of states
Marc Porter MageeOn May 26, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell signed into law a sweeping education reform bill that lifts the cap on high-performing charter schools, requires every district in the state to evaluate teachers based on their students’ achievement, and creates the state’s first alternative pathway to certification for principals.
An education in the politics of special ed
Richard Nyankori, D.C.’s top special education official, has found himself at the confluence of red tape, angry parents, budget cuts, and education’s sacred cow.
Wall Street gets bullish on charter schools
JP Morgan is the latest member of the banking world to rally behind the charter school movement. It recently announced a well-articulated $325 million initiative to help build, expand, and renovate facilities of high-performing charter schools.
Common Core State Standards: Better than ever
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Today marks the release of the final ?Common Core? standards?symbolically occurring in a state capital (Atlanta) rather than Washington, D.C.
quotable and notable
?What makes any new school different is that the people who are in the school opt to be there.? ? Ms. Haskins, opened the Brooklyn Brownstone School in Bedford-Stuyvesant in 2008