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Redefining the School District in Tennessee
An alternative to the traditional school district with the potential to turn failing schools around has emerged
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First Bell 4-23-13
A first look at today's education news: A new Pew survey finds that U.S. teens aren't doing as badly in science as the public fears, Algebra 2 will become an elective in Florida's high schools, and more
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First Bell 4-22-13
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Pearson is under fire in both NYC and Texas, Hawaii finally has a teacher contract, and more
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Charter Schools
Proud to be a private public school parent
There's public, and then there's “public.”
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First Bell 4-18-13
A first look at today's education news: A coalition of parents petitions NYC for more gifted and talented spots, Brown University is set to offer an engineering MOOC for high schoolers, and more
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Curriculum & Instruction
The RNC on the CCSSI, OMG!
Republicans make a colossal—but reversible—error on the Common Core
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Curriculum & Instruction
Will the assessment consortia wither away?
The College Board and ACT have entered the ring
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First Bell 4-17-13
A first look at today's education news: Florida teachers are suing over the state's teacher-evaluation formula, the CTU zeroes in on ousting Rahm, and more
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Governance
Redefining the School District in Tennessee
As the challenges of education governance loom ever larger and the dysfunction and incapacity of the traditional K-12 system reveal themselves as major roadblocks to urgently-needed reforms across that system, many have asked, “What’s the alternative?”
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Curriculum & Instruction
The end of the testing consortia as we know it?
Alabama’s decision to drop out of both consortia and choose a battery of ACT exams is enormous
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First Bell 4-16-13
A first look at today's education news: The RNC adopts a resolution attacking the Common Core, teacher unions aim to organize charter schools, and more
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What’s your “Summer 2015 Plan”?
New Jersey just released new report cards for all schools in the state. The information now available, including indicators of college- and career-readiness and excellent “peer school” comparisons, is invaluable. And it is deeply discomfiting for many of the state’s complacent schools and districts.
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First Bell 4-15-13
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Some NY school parents are planning to boycott the new Common Core-aligned tests, researchers caution that school districts must be thoughtful about how they close schools, and more
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First Bell 4-12-13
A first look at today's education news: More contractors take advantage of NYC's poorly regulated pre-K special-ed program, Indiana's school-voucher expansion hits another snag, and more
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Charter Schools
Budget, KC, Dallas, anthropologists, and the zen of Bill Murray
Sage advice and news tidbits from Andy Smarick
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First Bell 4-11-13
A first look at today's education news: Simply explaining college admissions processes makes high-achieving students more likely to apply to colleges that match their abilities, robot teachers are on the loose, and more
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Curriculum & Instruction
Texas: Big, proud…and wimpy?
Lone Star State moves to lower its own standards
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First Bell 4-10-13
A first look at today's education news: The final NGSS draft and President Obama's budget proposal are out, most LAUSD students aren't prepared for college, and more
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First Bell 4-9-13
A first look at today's education news: Britain's Iron Lady is memorialized, NYC's revamped gifted screening process didn't change much, and more
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Margaret Thatcher, education reformer
Foreign policy isn’t all that Margaret Thatcher and her team had in common with Ronald Reagan and his
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First Bell 4-8-13
A first look at today's education news: Bill Gates cautions against overusing standardized tests in teacher evaluations, NYC teachers are staying in their jobs longer, and more
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The right response to the Atlanta cheating scandal
Intelligently mend test-based accountability, don't end it
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
Agitating, standards, charters, teachers, and widgets
Andy's picks, from Kansas City to CALDER
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First Bell 4-4-13
A first look at today's education news: Mississippi passes legislation providing $3 million to partially fund pre-K programs, a look at Tennessee's Achievement School District, and more
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Charter Schools
The good news from Pakistan
A new book from Sir Michael Barber, noted British education reformer, describes an effort to improve education in rural Pakistan
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What can education reformers learn from the gay marriage movement?
It's a stretch—education is a classic social issue, while education reform is largely a governance challenge