How districts and schools can make the most of course access
Kevin MahnkenThe potential for customization is no bull. Kevin Mahnken
The resurgence of urban Catholic education?
For years, I worried that I was auditioning to be the Edward Gibbon of urban Catholic schooling, chronicling the decline and fall of an invaluable, sprawling institution.
Partnership schools: The hundred-year-old start-ups
Kathleen Porter-MageeLet’s not break those things about Catholic schools that make them effective. Kathleen Porter Magee
Career technical education and labor market outcomes
James White IIICTE works, but some programs are better than others. James White
The effectiveness of instructional practices for first-grade math
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.Step one: Teach the math. Step two: Have the students practice it. Step three: There is no step three. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Creative schools
Robert PondiscioMore of the same nonsense from TED talk superstar Sir Ken Robinson. Robert Pondiscio
The case for career-focused charter schools
A great way to get kids knowledge, skills, credentials, and work experience. Robert Schwartz
The state of play with ESEA, in a single table
Michael J. PetrilliThe end is near. Hooray! Michael J. Petrilli
Would a President Clinton undo reform?
The Education GadflyThe Education Gadfly
To my friends on the Left and Right: Please stop polarizing the ESEA debate
Michael J. PetrilliIt’s finally here: Our best chance to update the Elementary and Secondary Education Act since its passage shortly after 9/11. A whole generation of students has come and gone, yet our nation’s key education law remains the same. There’s absolutely no good reason to delay reauthorization any longer. To the contrary; it’s sorely overdue.
Faith, hope, and hard work: Reflections on Year One of Partnership Schools
Kathleen Porter-MageeJune marked the end of my first year as superintendent of Partnership Schools, a nonprofit school management organization that (thanks to an historic agreement with the Archdiocese of New York) was granted broad authority to manage and operate six K–8 urban Catholic schools.
Tapas-style curriculum
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form at the Core Knowledge Blog.