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Commentary
12.21.2016

2016: The year we came apart

Michael J. Petrilli

By Michael J. Petrilli

Commentary
12.21.2016

Resurrecting Catholic schools

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Commentary
12.21.2016

Don't mess with Massachusetts's science standards

Victoria McDougald

By Victoria McDougald

Commentary
12.21.2016

Surprising similarities between Michigan's charter and district schools

David Griffith, Ph.D.

By David Griffith

Commentary
12.21.2016

The sad state of elementary teacher preparation programs

Andrew Scanlan

By Andrew Scanlan

Commentary
12.14.2016

The innovation infatuation

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Commentary
12.14.2016

How teacher turnover affects instruction quality

David Griffith, Ph.D.

By David Griffith

Commentary
12.14.2016

Ranking charter school laws' authorizer provisions

Jessica Poiner

By Jessica Poiner

Commentary
12.14.2016

How good are state report cards?

Irene Mone

By Irene Mone

Undefined
12.14.2016

The show charters the money edition

On this week's podcast, special guest Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins Mike Petrilli and Brandon Wright to discuss what the incoming Trump administration and Congress can do to help charter schools. On the Research Minute, David Griffith examines a survey of charter and traditional public school principals in Michigan that uncovers surprising day-to-day similarities between the two groups.

Commentary
12.14.2016

Ten woeful and wacky provisions in teacher contracts

Victoria McDougald, David Griffith, Ph.D.

By Victoria McDougald and David Griffith

Commentary
12.13.2016

A failure to balance Advanced Placement access and quality

By Jeremy Noonan

Commentary
12.12.2016
Charter Schools

Ohio’s new charter operator report cards have room to improve

Jamie Davies O'Leary

Ohio’s charter school reform discussions have mostly focused on sponsors—the entities responsible for providing charter school oversight. Overlooked are the important changes in Ohio’s charter reform law (House Bill 2) around operators.

Commentary
12.12.2016

Who's your daddy? A question for education reformers

Ian Rowe

By Ian Rowe

Commentary
12.12.2016
Charter Schools

Every student matters: Ohio should keep a focus on dropout recovery school accountability

Sarah Souders

One in seven adults’ ages 18-24 in Ohio lacks a high school diploma and faces bleak prospects of prospering in our economy. Dropouts earn $10,000 less each year than the average high school graduate according to the U.S.

Commentary
12.12.2016

Undue process: Why bad teachers rarely get fired

Dara Zeehandelaar Shaw, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli

By Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D., and Michael J. Petrilli

Commentary
12.9.2016

Do Trump voters want vouchers?

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Report
12.8.2016
Accountability & Testing, Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Undue Process: Why Bad Teachers in Twenty-Five Diverse Districts Rarely Get Fired

Victoria McDougald, David Griffith, Ph.D.

Countless studies have demonstrated that teacher quality is the most important school-based determinant of student learning, and that removing ineffective teachers from the classroom could greatly benefit students.

Commentary
12.7.2016

Evaluating the success of state-initiated turnarounds

Irene Mone

By Irene Mone

Commentary
12.7.2016

A case for higher admission standards in teacher preparation programs

Kirsten Hinck

By Kirsten Hinck

Commentary
12.7.2016

The NAACP's excessive and unreasonable charter school opposition

Derrell Bradford

By Derrell Bradford

Commentary
12.6.2016

Reformers and school choice: Not a split but a spectrum

Michael J. Petrilli

By Michael J. Petrilli

Commentary
12.6.2016

Betsy DeVos's real record in Michigan

By Daniel L. Quisenberry

Commentary
12.5.2016

ExcelinEd gets a B on school accountability

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

By Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Commentary
12.2.2016

Betsy DeVos deserves the support of education reformers

Jason Crye

By Jason Crye

Commentary
12.2.2016

The value of opposing viewpoints in Trump's education department

Erika Sanzi

By Erika Sanzi

Commentary
11.30.2016
ESSA

A victory for high achievers in the ESSA regulations

Brandon L. Wright

By Brandon L. Wright

Commentary
11.30.2016

Do educational vouchers reduce inefficiency?

Jeff Murray

By Jeff Murray

Commentary
11.30.2016

How early childhood programs affect student outcomes in North Carolina

Victoria McDougald

By Victoria McDougald

Commentary
11.29.2016

Civics education: Now or never

Robert Pondiscio

By Robert Pondiscio

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