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Commentary
10.13.2016

Why states should use student growth, and not proficiency rates, when gauging school effectiveness

Michael J. Petrilli, Aaron Churchill

Our goal with this post is to convince you that continuing to use status measures like proficiency rates to grade schools is misleading and irresponsible—so much so that the results from growth measures ought to count much more—three, five, maybe even nine times more—than proficiency when determining school performance under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

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10.12.2016

The civility edition

On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Alyssa Schwenk, and David Griffith discuss how teachers ought to handle this year’s particularly polarizing and cringe worthy presidential election. During the research minute, Amber Northern explains how charter school boards affect school quality.

Commentary
10.11.2016

Press tuned in to the school choice split in the Black community—and that's a good thing

Derrell Bradford

This summer’s dual repudiation of education reform policy and charter schools by the NAACP and the Movement for Black Lives Coalition is a story that hasn’t gone away. In fact, it’s a pivot that will come to a head later this week in Cincinnati, when the NAACP takes up a resolution supporting a national moratorium on charter schools.

Commentary
10.7.2016

2016 Citizen-Readiness Index

Jamie Davies O'Leary

This report from the Council for a Strong America provides an alarming snapshot of how ill-prepared many of the nation’s young adults are to be productive members of society.

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10.5.2016

James S. Coleman's legacy

On this week’s podcast, Robert Pondiscio and Checker Finn discuss James S. Coleman’s legacy, fifty years after the release of his seminal, groundbreaking report. During the research minute, David Griffith examines whether preschool programs improve attendees’ long-term academic, economic, and health outcomes.

Commentary
9.29.2016

Introduction to Setting Sights on Excellence - Fordham's analysis of Ohio’s 2015-16 school report cards

Aaron Churchill

Management expert Peter Drucker once defined leadership as “lifting a person's vision to higher sights.” Ohio has set its policy sights on loftier goals for all K-12 students in the form of more demanding expectations for what they should know and be able to do by the end of each grade en route to college and career readiness. That’s the plan, anyway.

Report
9.29.2016
Charter Schools, Governance

Charter School Boards in the Nation's Capital

Juliet Squire, Allison Crean Davis

Tens of thousands of individuals across the United States volunteer their time, energy, and expertise as members of charter school boards. Yet as the charter sector has grown, we’ve learned remarkably little about these individuals who make key operational decisions about their schools and have legal and moral responsibilities for the education of children in their communities.

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9.28.2016

The grade inflation edition

On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Alyssa Schwenk, and David Griffith discuss whether teachers should be giving As and Bs to students who aren't on track for success. During the research minute, Amber Northern examines whether sixth graders fare better when they aren't the youngest students in the school.