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Commentary
8.9.2016
ESSA

California goes over the rainbow: An accountability farce

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

No, I’m not referring to the Golden State’s rich palette of ethnic and other minority (and majority) groups, nor to its desire that they’ll live, work, and go to school in harmony, like Monet’s Water Lilies or Matisse’s Fauve masterpieces.

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.

Undefined
8.3.2016
Charter Schools

The virtual charter school edition

On this week’s podcast, Alyssa Schwenk and Dara Zeehandelaar discuss Fordham’s new study of Ohio’s virtual charter schools. During the research minute, Amber Northern examines the effects of school closures in New York City.

Commentary
8.3.2016
Advanced Education

Change the narrow focus on grade-level proficiency

Earlier this year, in his final State of the Union address, President Barak Obama asked, “How do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity in this new economy?” Education is a powerful tool to help do that.

Commentary
8.3.2016
Charter Schools

Faith, hope, hard work, and results

Kathleen Porter-Magee

By Kathleen Porter-Magee This week, results from the 2016 New York State ELA and math test prove just how promising new approaches to urban Catholic education can be.

Commentary
8.2.2016
ESSA

Is the new federal testing pilot worth the work?

Jessica Poiner

Many education stakeholders see the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as an opportunity to fix the most problematic provisions in NCLB. For many critics, the biggest bogeyman was too much standardized testing and its associated accountability measures.

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?

Commentary
7.29.2016

The culture of college is an asset, not a flaw

Robert Pondiscio

A few weeks from now, my wife and I will pack our only child and all her gear into the back of our rapidly aging Ford Escape with a big new college decal on the back window. We will drive her across five states and 500 miles to Chapel Hill, N.C. Interstate 95 will henceforth be known in our home as the Trail of Tears.

Commentary
7.28.2016

Stop failing the kids helping you most with their rosy test scores

Erika Sanzi

It’s no secret that principals are pretty stoked when students who transfer into their schools have a history of high scores on required annual tests. School leaders feel great pressure to perform in the public eye, and having a few more kids to bump those numbers up is certainly a welcome surprise.

Commentary
7.27.2016

Getting better all the time

Kevin Mahnken

Good news from out west: According to a new study conducted jointly by Stanford, the University of Washington, and the RAND Corporation, our newer cohorts of teachers are entering the profession with appreciably better academic pedigrees than their predecessors of fifteen and twe