CPAC's Common Core vaudeville show
I’d like to see Bobby Jindal use a teleprompter the next time he attacks Common Core. I’d like to be reassured he knows how to read.
I’d like to see Bobby Jindal use a teleprompter the next time he attacks Common Core. I’d like to be reassured he knows how to read.
When we talk about high standards, accountability, and school choice, one essential element is often overlooked: giving parents and education leaders information they can actually use. It’s one thing to produce data, but quite another to make it useful—easily understood, comparable, and actionable.
The sudden departure of Joshua Starr, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, caught many by surprise—including Starr.
Character education with real characters. Peter Sipe
While the merit and politics of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been much debated and discussed, one topic has been virtually ignored: What do the standards portend for America’s high-ability students? In a new brief from Fordham, Jonathan Plucker, professor of education at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, provides guidance for districts
Higher standards are no excuse to ditch gifted services. Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Followers of Fordham’s work know that we are obsessed with charter school quality, both nationally and in our home state of Ohio. We are also a charter school authorizer, responsible for overseeing a portfolio of eleven schools in the Buckeye State—a job we take very seriously.
Put empty Milwaukee school buildings to use for kids who desperately need them. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
We at Fordham are big fans of Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal columnist who just joined the team at the Manhattan Institute.
There’s no such thing as too much, too soon in reading. Robert Pondiscio
Revisiting the Common Core debate in Ohio
Busting myths, but not much to cheer about
It’s the Holy Grail! If only we could figure out what it is. David Griffith
This post was originally published in a slightly different form by the CUNY Institute for Education Policy.
Last week, in his State of the State address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo put the weight of his office behind an education tax credit
All we are saying is give choice a chance. Michael J. Petrilli
Agnostic on form; honoring the best
All the pro-testing talking points you’ll ever need. Robert Pondiscio
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Daily News.
At Inside Schools, a website for parents covering New York City schools, reporter
Editor's note: This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Daily News and City Journal.
In AEI’s latest Vision Talks video, Arthur Brooks, its president and the happiest man in the think-tank world, argues that public-policy advocates need to make a better cas
Some of ed reform’s leading lights finally see that what kids learn makes a difference. Robert Pondiscio