Curriculum & Instruction

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Commentary
2.13.2019
Curriculum & Instruction

Instructional coaches: The heroes of the Golden Age of Educational Practice

Michael J. Petrilli

Shifting ed reform’s focus to improving practice is an acknowledgment that underperformance is not a failure of will, but a lack of capacity. It’s a talent-development and human capital-strategy, not an accountability play. Forcing changes in behavior, whether through lawmaking or lawsuit, may win compliance, but it doesn’t advance understanding and sophistication. Teachers need to understand the “why” behind evidence-based practice to implement it well and effectively.

Event
2.13.2019
Curriculum & Instruction

Education 20/20: Eliot Cohen and Yuval Levin

The second half of our Education 20/20 speaker series begins on February 12th as we bring you another double header. Eliot Cohen will argue for civic education that promotes patriotic history, one that not only educates and informs but also inspires. Yuval Levin will make the case for reasserting the role of education in character formation.

Event
12.20.2018
Accountability & Testing, Curriculum & Instruction

Education 20/20: Mona Charen and Ramesh Ponnuru

Fordham’s Education 20/20 speaker series kicks off the New Year with a bang on January 9th as we bring you another double header.

Report
11.29.2018
Accountability & Testing, ESSA, Curriculum & Instruction, Standards

Gotta Give 'Em Credit: State and District Variation in Credit Recovery Participation Rates

Adam Tyner, Ph.D., Nicholas Munyan-Penney

Credit recovery, or the practice of enabling high school students to retrieve credits from courses that they either failed or failed to complete, is at the crossroads of two big trends in education: the desire to move toward “competency based” education and a push to dramatically boost graduation rates.

Event
11.28.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

Education 20/20: Naomi Schaefer Riley and Jonah Goldberg

Our Education 20/20 speaker series continues with a double-header event. First up, Naomi Schaefer Riley discusses the limits of school choice. Then Jonah Goldberg argues that civics education need to reclaim the ideals of American democracy.

Podcast
8.22.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

How good are states’ English language arts standards?

On this week's podcast, literacy expert Tim Shanahan joins Robert Pondiscio and David Griffith to discuss his review of states’ English language arts standards for Fordham’s new report, “The State of State Standards Post-Common Core.” On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the results of the 2018 Education Next poll.

Podcast
8.15.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

How African American children view our education system

On this week's podcast, Sekou Biddle, a vice president at UNCF, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss African American youth’s near-universal aspirations to go to college, but frustration at an education system that is not preparing them for success. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern covers a new comprehensive look at America’s colleges of education.

Podcast
8.8.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

All about ed tech

On this week’s podcast, Gisèle Huff, executive director of the Jaquelin Hume Foundation, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the use of technology in education. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern covers Fordham’s recent study on reading and writing instruction in America's schools.

Report
7.17.2018
Curriculum & Instruction, Standards

Reading and Writing Instruction in America's Schools

David Griffith, Ph.D.

Since 2010, when most states adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has been committed to monitoring their implementation.

Podcast
6.13.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

"Personalized pacing" would be a real revolution. Are our elementary schools ready for it?

On this week's podcast, Karla Phillips, a policy director at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what it would mean for elementary schools to implement personalized learning. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the effects of career and technical education on students’ future wages.

Podcast
4.18.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

A better curriculum in the Bayou State

On this week’s podcast, Rebecca Kockler, Louisiana’s assistant superintendent of academic content, joins Mike Petrilli and Robert Pondiscio to discuss her state’s curriculum initiative. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how career and technical education affects students’ noncognitive skills.

Podcast
3.21.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

A conversation with 2018’s Wisest Wonks

On this week’s podcast, Jessica Shopoff and Chase Eskelsen, employees of K12, Inc. and winners of Fordham’s 2018 Wonkathon, join Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss their ideas for reimagining American high school. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines race and gender biases in online higher education.

Podcast
3.7.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

Ed reform's past, present, and future

On this week's podcast, Aimee Rogstad Guidera, president and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign, joins Alyssa Schwenk and Brandon Wright to discuss what ed reform’s decades of progress portend for the future. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines career-tech’s effect on human capital accumulation.

Report
1.31.2018
Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education, Teachers & School Leaders

Is There a Gifted Gap? Gifted Education in High-Poverty Schools

Christopher Yaluma, Adam Tyner, Ph.D.

Schools have long failed to cultivate the innate talents of many of their young people, particularly high-ability girls and boys from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds. This failure harms the economy, widens income gaps, arrests upward mobility, and exacerbates civic decay and political division.

Podcast
1.17.2018
Curriculum & Instruction

America does not need 3 million curricula

On this week's podcast, Margaret Horn, an executive at CenterPoint Education Solutions, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how policymakers and philanthropists can help educators implement high standards. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines public preferences for universal and targeted preschool.

Podcast
12.13.2017
Curriculum & Instruction

The politics of Teach For America

On this week's podcast, special guest Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach For America, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss whether TFA has moved to the left politically and educationally, and why that might be a problem. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the prevalence of good American jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree.

Podcast
8.2.2017
Curriculum & Instruction

A maverick's take on data

On this week's podcast, special guest Paige Kowalski, executive vice president for the Data Quality Campaign, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss how parents and teachers can get access to powerful student data. During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines teacher mobility in Florida.

Podcast
5.16.2017
Curriculum & Instruction

In praise of ed tech

On this week's podcast, special guest David DeSchryver, a senior vice president at Whiteboard Advisors and OFOM (Old Friend of Mike’s), joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss the most promising developments in ed tech. During the Research Minute, David Griffith examines the effects of part-day absenteeism in high school.

Podcast
4.26.2017
Curriculum & Instruction

Should schools teach the success sequence?

On this week's podcast, Mike Petrilli, Ian Rowe, and Alyssa Schwenk discuss whether and how schools should teach the “success sequence.” During the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the cross-subject effects of English language arts instruction.

Report
3.14.2017
Curriculum & Instruction, Standards

The Right Tool for the Job: Improving Reading and Writing in the Classroom

Melody Arabo, Jonathan S. Budd, Shannon Garrison, Tabitha Pacheco

Although it’s been almost seven years since many states took the important step of elevating their academic standards by adopting the Common Core, teachers and administrators across the country still bemoan the lack of reliable information about which instructional materials are high-quality and best aligned to the new standards.  

Commentary
8.3.2016
Curriculum & Instruction

Project-based learning needs more learning

After almost eighteen years in the field of education, I have become convinced of the need to transform the way our children learn so that they can confront the unknowable challenges of the twenty-first century.

Report
8.2.2016
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Personalized Learning

Enrollment and Achievement in Ohio's Virtual Charter Schools

June Ahn, Ph.D.

This Fordham study, conducted by learning technology researcher June Ahn from NYU, dives into one of the most promising—and contentious—issues in education today: virtual schools. What type of students choose them? Which online courses do students take? Do virtual schools lead to improved outcomes for kids?