First Bell 6-12-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Kansas adopts the NGSS, Gov. Perry signs a bill reducing the number of state tests Texas's students must take prior to graduation from 15 to 5, and more
By The Company It Keeps: Mashea Ashton
Andy Smarick interviews Mashea Ashton, CEO of the Newark Charter School Fund
Repairing the conservative school-reform coalition
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. PetrilliRecent events have divided conservative school reformers, but it’s not too late to stitch it back together
Some early-summer reads, part I
Andy channels the NYT book review--offering four insightful early-summer education reports worth reading.
Muddying the Waters on Common Core
Peter Cunningham responds to an anti-Common Core article in the New York Times
First Bell 6-10-13
Pamela TatzA first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Ability grouping and computer-adaptive testing are on the rise, special-ed students attend class virtually, and more
Poor children need a hand up, not hospice
Michael J. PetrilliMike asks Deborah the question: Does it "work"?
40 reasons to call Harkin’s claim of flexibility laughable
Michael J. PetrilliThe ESEA-reauthorization bill released by Senate HELP committee Chairman Tom Harkin could have left much more policy to the states
What we talk about when we talk about poverty
Michael J. PetrilliTackling poverty and inequality from the reformer's perspective
The big squeeze
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Michael J. PetrilliRetirement costs and school-district budgets
First Bell 6-5-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Senate Democrats unveil an NCLB-reauthorization bill; a deal on Wisconsin's income-tax cuts, school-voucher expansions, and public school funding moves forward; and more
By the Company It Keeps: Robin Lake
Andy Smarick's latest interview is with Robin Lake, director of the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
First Bell 6-4-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: A 40-year-old CA law requires student achievement to be included in teacher evaluations, a D.C. councilmember proposes a package of bills that would dramatically reform the District's public education system, and more
Use facts, not courts, to fix affirmative action
Michael J. PetrilliBefore the Supreme Court announces its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, let's consider two important findings about the real world of higher education
First Bell 6-3-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: NYC finally has a new teacher-evaluation system, some Michigan lawmakers set their sights on blocking Common Core funding, and more
First Bell 5-31-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Colleges attempt to recruit disadvantaged students early on, tea-party groups are mobilizing against the Common Core, and more
A point-by-point rebuttal of today’s anti-Common Core op-ed in the Weekly Standard
Michael J. PetrilliMike debunks another set of lies, half-truths, and misinformation from the Pioneer Institute
First Bell 5-30-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: The CTU files a third lawsuit aimed at stymieing the Chicago Board of Education's plan to close forty-nine schools, Colorado's school-finance system has been ruled constitutional, and more
Signs of judicial sanity in Colorado
The Colorado Supreme Court made the right decision in the long-running Lobato school-finance case
By the Company It Keeps: Nelson Smith
In this week's installment, Andy Smarick interviews NACSA senior advisor and Harvard lecturer Nelson Smith
First Bell 5-29-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Anthony Weiner's first mayoral debate is on education policy, Texas lawmakers pass a slate of education laws, and more
A point-by-point rebuttal of today’s anti-Common Core op-ed in the Wall Street Journal
Michael J. PetrilliThere are plenty of reasons to be against the Common Core, but the Pinoeer Institute's Jamie Gass and Charles Chieppo miss the mark completely
First Bell 5-24-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: The House passes legislation to halt a doubling of student-loan interest rates, Rhode Island adopts the Next Generation Science Standards, and more
First Bell 5-23-13
Pamela TatzA first look at today's education news: Forty-nine Chicago public schools will close, ACT Inc. jumps into the Common-Core-assessments arena, and more
Am I a part of the cure...or the disease?
Michael J. PetrilliA question for folks on both sides of the education-reform debate
By the Company It Keeps: Tim Daly
Our first guest on By the Company It Keeps is Tim Daly, President of TNTP