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Charter Schools
We must diversify charter school options
By Chester E. Finn Jr., Bruno V. Manno, and Brandon L. Wright
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Charter Schools
Ohio’s charter sector: Pains of the past are dampening innovation
There are emerging signs, as I’ve written, that Ohio’s charter law overhaul (HB 2) is working.
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Ohio's accountability system is the best in the country for high achievers. Here are 3 ways to keep that focus
Last week, several of my Fordham colleagues published a fantastic fifty-state review of accountability systems and how they impact high achievers. Lamentably, they found that most states do almost nothing to hold schools accountable for the progress of their most able pupils.
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ESSA
Cultivating America's future leaders
During the No Child Left Behind era of education reform, now winding down, teachers, schools and districts were tacitly encouraged to focus their efforts on raising the floor rather than raising the roof on student achievement. Whether by accident, choice or neglect, high-achievers as well as those merely "above proficient" received little attention. And why should they?
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On the 'Fly: Ten stories you might've missed this summer
Much like the typical American fourth grader, education news tends go on a ten-week vacation each June after a year of intermittently joyous, raucous, and bizarre happenings.
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Education reform should welcome new voices
Two years ago, I matriculated from one of the most liberal, activist college campuses in the country. In the months leading up to graduation, I fantasized about jumping head-first into a vocation fighting for social justice. I knew that I had a passion for policy and a healthy interest in education issues (my mom is a school teacher).
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How education reform lost its mojo
It's been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad summer for education reform. After many years of bipartisan support, key elements of the reform agenda—higher standards, better teachers, test-based accountability, parental choice—are starved for oxygen in both the Republican and Democratic party platforms.
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Accountability & Testing
The high achievers edition
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Alyssa Schwenk, and Robert Pondiscio discuss states’ neglect of high achievers and how ESSA might prompt them to do better. During the research minute, Amber Northern reports on the good news about narrowing socioeconomic gaps in kindergarten readiness.
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Advanced Education
Addressing the learning needs of students performing above grade level
By Yasmine Rana
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The child poverty rate plummeted after welfare reform. Here’s what that means for education.
By Michael J. Petrilli
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Accountability & Testing, ESSA, Advanced Education
High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Part I)
No Child Left Behind meant well, but it had a pernicious flaw: It created strong incentives for schools to focus all their energy on helping low-performing students get over a modest “proficiency” bar. Meanwhile, it ignored the educational needs of high achievers, who were likely to pass state reading and math tests regardless of what happened in the classroom.
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Private School Choice: How Do Programs Nationwide Stack up?
Educational choice is a strategy to provide children with opportunities to receive the education that works best for them. In recent years, private-school-choice programs have blossomed, doubling (since 2010) both the number of such initiatives and the number of children benefiting from them.
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Charter Schools
Mayor Ginther, school choice advocate?
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther is passionately outspoken about Columbus City Schools. He is an alumnus of the district, and his first experience as an elected official came as a member of its board of education. He has regularly praised Columbus City Schools and publicly bemoaned those who have spoken negatively about them.
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Charter Schools
Sorting out the advice for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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The EdNext poll edition
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Alyssa Schwenk, and Brandon Wright discuss Education Next’s tenth annual survey. During the research minute, Dara Zeehandelaar examines the challenges of building a diverse teaching workforce.
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Advanced Education
Reflections on gifted education from the Olympics: What we can learn
The games of the thirty-first Olympiad are over. Maybe now I will be able to catch up on my sleep! For two weeks I stayed up way too late, spellbound by the competition between the world’s greatest athletes. I loved the world records, the close finishes, the upsets, the rivalries, and the camaraderie. I loved the emotion.
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Charter Schools
Foreword: Pathway to Success - Columbus Collegiate Academy embodies high expectations for all students
Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) epitomizes the relentlessness and vision necessary to close achievement gaps in urban education.
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Undefined
The Olympic edition
On this week’s podcast, Alyssa Schwenk, Brandon Wright, and David Griffith discuss alternative teacher licensing in Utah and opt-out consequences in Florida. During the research minute, Amber Northern examines the lack of college readiness Baltimore.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Knowledge matters: E. D. Hirsch, Jr.'s fifth book on education is as important as his first
By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
