How tracking can raise the test scores of high-ability minority students
By David Griffith
By David Griffith
By Robert Pondiscio
By Michael J. Petrilli
The fourth installment of our occasional series presenting differing views on an education issue
Education Cities and Great Schools recently released a useful new educational data tool called the Education Equality Index (EEI), which allows users to compare cities and states across the nation that are “closing the achievement gap.” The tool compiles school-level low-income student achievement data (2011–2014), comp
An opportunity for high-quality, homegrown teaching materials
By Jamie Davies O'Leary
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
By Robert Pondiscio
By Michael J. Petrilli
By Jamie Davies O’Leary
A recent report showing low levels of participation by black, Hispanic, and low-income students in the gifted and talented programs of Montgomery County underscores the significant challenges befo
Schools are supposed to be the great equalizers. Yet it is far too difficult to tell which cities or states do the most to ensure that all children receive equitable access to strong public schools.
By Jeff Murray
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
The goal of gifted programs should reflect that of any other educational program: to engage students with appropriately challenging curricula and instruction on a daily basis and in all relevant content areas so that they can make continual academic growth.
By Michael J. Petrilli
In Education for Upward Mobility, editor Michael J. Petrilli and more than a dozen leading scholars and policy analysts seek answers to a fundamental question: How can we help children born into poverty transcend their disadvantages and enter the middle class as adults? And in particular, what role can our schools play?
First in a deep-dive series looking at urban high schools across the Buckeye State
Last fall, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published a working paper by researchers Thomas S. Dee and Hans Henrik Sieversten titled The Gift of Time? School Starting Age and Mental Health. The well-developed study quantifies the effects of predicating enrollment in formal schooling on the mental health of students.
Here’s the speech I wish Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser would give:
By Andrew Scanlan
By Jessica Poiner