Do demographic shifts explain cities’ test-score changes?
Examining whether policies affect test scores
Examining whether policies affect test scores
A first look at today's education news: California school construction puts future taxpayers on the hook for huge interest payments, lawmakers clash over how to hold states accountable for students' academic progress, and more
A first look at today's education news: Senate lawmakers held a hearing on NCLB waivers, second-generation immigrants outperformed the general American population in education, and more
Foiled by needlessly complicated government documents?
A first look at today's education news: MOOCs take a big step forward, food fights abound, and more
Quite the flashlight
A first look at today's education news: It's National Digital Learning Day, Cantor pushes school choice and college affordability, and more
Andy Smarick's pick of recent education news
A first look at today's education news: Texas's school-finance system has been ruled unconstitutional, the ironic failure of an online class on how to create online classes has reporters falling over themselves, and more
The second of two posts on the past, present, and future of urban schooling
Earlier today on WAMU, Washington’s local NPR station, Kojo Nnamdi hosted a fascinating discussion on school boundaries, charter schools, and choice
A first look at today's education news: Alabama withdraws from both Common Core testing consortia, Arne Duncan will focus on school safety and early childhood education in the second term, and more
The first of two posts on the past, present, and future of urban schooling
A first look at today's education news: The RTTT progress report reveals troubles in D.C., Georgia, and Maryland; Ohio governor Kasich proposes an expansion of his state's voucher program; and more
A first look at today's education news: Gov. Cuomo threatens to impose a teacher-evaluation system on NYC, Bill Gates makes the case for investing in a strong teacher-evaluation system, and more
A first look at today's education news: A teacher warns that "overparenting" can limit the life lessons that a teacher can impart, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) will step into key education-policy roles, and more
The Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Program (MTO), the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s twenty-year attempt at a real-life Pygmalion, has failed
Many proponents of private school choice take for granted that schools won’t participate if government asks too much of them; but is this assumption justified?
A first look at today's education news: The Education Department is investigating whether some school-closure plans are discriminatory, Ohio releases teacher-prep data, and more
It turns out that private schools are not vehemently opposed to academic accountability (including state testing and reporting requirements), according to a new Fordham report out today
A first look at today's education news: Senator Tom Harkin will not seek re-election in 2014, teachers in Seattle are boycotting the state's MAP exam, and more
A first look at today's education news: D.C.'s school closures are just the start of a broader plan to make the school district more efficient, the Obama administration announces that disabled students have a right to play school sports, and more
And they do so without public debate or Congressional authorization
A first look at today's education news: Insiders are skeptical that the Department of Education will make gains in teacher-preparation regulations this year, a literacy teacher urges her colleagues to see the potential in Common Core, and more
Because of the catastrophic ripples of the Watergate break-in, galling recordings from the Oval Office, and much more, our 37th president is largely persona non grata to the right and even worse to the left