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Are High School Diplomas Really a Ticket to College and Work?
An increasing number of headline-grabbing graduation scandals have renewed the public’s interest in how students earn a high school diploma.
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Accountability & Testing
America’s “lost decade” of academic achievement
On this week’s podcast, Hanna Skandera, former New Mexico education chief, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss next week’s NAEP score release and why we’ve seen so little progress in recent years. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how NCTQ’s ratings affect teacher education programs.
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The benefits of attending National Heritage Academy for-profit charter schools
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Three Hoover Fellows on NAEP, A Nation at Risk, and the Future of Education Reform
This month, the U.S. Department of Education released the latest results of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), which told us how fourth- and eighth-grade students are faring nationally, in every state, and in most big cities in math and reading. This month also marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of A Nation at Risk.
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Governance
States lead on education
On this week's podcast, Carissa Moffat Miller, the new executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, joins Mike Petrilli and Alyssa Schwenk to discuss CCSSO’s campaign to highlight innovative state education policies. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the effects of the National Heritage Academies chain of for-profit charter schools.
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Betsy DeVos just unlocked hundreds of millions of dollars a year for new charter schools
By Michael J. Petrilli
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Teachers & School Leaders
Teachers vs. STEM integration
STEM education is, by design, integrative. It strives to emulate the real-world work of engineers within a teaching environment.