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Personalized Learning
Addressing high school dropout rates starting at the elementary school level
By Jeff Murray
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Improving education requires new voices, fresh ideas, and more questions
By Derrell Bradford and Brennan Brown
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A worthy requiem for Pat Moynihan
Tragically, the mold seems to have been irrevocably shattered, if not discarded on the ash heap of history.
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Improving education requires new voices, fresh ideas, and more questions
In the hit tween book and movie Wonder (a kinder version of Mask), we learn the that main character’s teacher left Wall Street to pursue his dream of teaching. He challenges his students to think critically about what it means to be a good friend and a good citizen.
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The Education Gadfly Show: School choice for English language learners
On this week's podcast, Madeline Mavrogordato, an associate professor at Michigan State University, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the relationship between English language learners and school choice. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines how New Orleans’s choice-based system affects students’ commute times.
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Addressing high school dropout rates starting at the elementary school level
The City Connects program is an initiative of Boston College that works to address non-cognitive barriers to student success among elementary school pupils in Boston Public Schools (BPS), as well as charter and private school students in Boston and other nearby cities.
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Can education reform get its mojo back?
I recently returned from the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network Summit in New Orleans. PIE occupies a unique space within the education reform community, bringing together policymakers and advocates to explore common ground—embracing a range of ideological and partisan differences in pursuit of educational equity and excellence.
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Keep mayoral control of education in D.C., and keep it simple
A couple weeks ago, the Washington Post's Editorial Board rightfully reminded D.C. residents what education in the city was like before mayoral control.
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Teachers & School Leaders
Teacher outs Trump official for being a loner and eating glue—in the third grade
By Erika Sanzi
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The Education Gadfly Show: The state of school choice
On this week's podcast, Halli Faulkner, national policy director at the American Federation for Children, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss her organization’s annual school choice guidebook. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines whether better student supports in elementary school can reduce high school dropout rates.
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The Education Gadfly Show: The consequences of grade inflation
On this week’s podcast, Seth Gershenson, associate professor at American University, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the Fordham study he recently authored on high school grade inflation. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines the impact of principal effectiveness on teacher turnover.
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How student engagement differs across school types and student groups
By Adam Tyner and Emily Howell
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Education 20/20: "Double Standards on Discipline Will Widen the Racial Divide"
Join us on Thursday, September 27th, when Heather MacDonald, author of The Diversity Delusion, kicks off the series with her perspective on race-based discipline reform, including why it hurts the children it purports to help and how it cuts against one of the core purposes of schooling.
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The Education Gadfly Show: We aren't teaching kids how to read
On this week’s podcast, Emily Hanford, a senior education correspondent and producer at APM Reports, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss her recent documentary on the sad state of reading instruction. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines TNTP’s new report about the inferior academic experiences of disadvantaged students.