One last thing before you go…
Andy Smarick's pick of the news, from PARCC to Zuckerberg
Andy Smarick's pick of the news, from PARCC to Zuckerberg
MOOCs in size small, please
Mike has written a terrific book, and his ideas are always worth pondering. But this one ain’t so great.
Here’s a roundup of recent and forthcoming media attention that Mike Petrilli's new book, the Diverse Schools Dilemma, has garnered.
If Ms. Ravitch herself aimed to be self-critical and honest in the matter of the best interest of students, she would need to examine the public school model that she has, of late, been trumpeting
It isn't going to be easy for David Coleman and his fellow authors of the Common Core English/Language Arts standards to wean U.S. students off writing about themselves.
Guest-blogger Paul Basken's take on the Diverse Schools Dilemma
The middle path to technology in education
A picture is worth a thousand words--the bigger the dot, the bigger the charter-school market share
CREDO, a Stanford-based research center, concluded that New Jersey charter schools are among the highest-performing studied to date
Andy Smarick's pick of education news from over the Thanksgiving holiday
The cumbersome, inscrutable title is the first clue that something is not right: “Vision for the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3): Framework for Inquiry in Social Studies State Standards.”
Congratulations to Checker, who received the 2012 National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) President’s award for outstanding contributions to the field of gifted education
Expanding exam schools would be an extremely wise national investment—a way to provide a world-class public education to high-performing students
Keeping mixed schools mixed
Investigation of whether or not demographic changes in communities are leading to demographic changes in their schools
Going after governance
Mike Petrilli's highly-anticipated book, the Diverse Schools Dilemma, drops today
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute's recent study of teacher-union strength is an example of the institute's willingness to "get into the weeds" of standards
A review of education-related responses to Tuesday's election
The results are in and our non-partisan candidate, Ed Reform, had a mixed performance. Here's a look at how the seven key races and referenda turned out
Seven education races and referenda to watch tonight
What the Common Core may mean for accountability
100 books every child should encounter by age five.