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Brookings retrieves its mind
The Brookings Institution has come to its senses and found a splendid way to retain Russ Whitehurst on its senior research team.
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What “The Cage-Busting Teacher” means for school reformers
Reversing the cycle of destructive discourse. Frederick M. Hess
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Unpacking "Career Readiness"
Parsing the difference between preparation for “work,” “career,” and “a job.” Kevin Mahnken
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How video games can make our kids smarter
Forget what you think you know about educational gaming. Greg Toppo
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Accountability & Testing
A test of education reform
The testing “opt-out” movement is testing education reform’s humility.
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Standards, Accountability & Testing
Getting College and Career Ready During State Transition Toward the Common Core State Standards
Promising early signs that the standards are working. Jane Song
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Accountability & Testing
Wanna opt out of tests? Try this instead
Parents should use the threat of test refusal to demand a well-rounded education for their kids.
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Teacher layoffs are coming, and it’s the Great Recession's fault
In education reform, we like to say that demography isn’t destiny—that, with the right supports, poor children can achieve at high levels despite the many challenges they face. But today, I’d like to discuss demography more literally—namely, the nation’s birth rate. Because it is destined to lead to significant teacher layoffs in the near future.
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Accountability & Testing, Standards
Review: Brookings analyzes opt-outs and teacher evaluations
What is the critical mass of opt-outs and to what might it lead?
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Charter Schools
Gadfly Bites - 4/16/15
Special Edition looking at coverage of Ohio Senate's charter reform bill
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Charter Schools
Charter schools and backfill: The debate we're not having
An internecine argument exposes a fault line in charter school rhetoric. Robert Pondiscio
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In Search of a Match: A Guide for Helping Students Make Informed College Choices
Commonsense solutions to “undermatching.” Dominique Coote
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Charter Schools
How Do School Leaders Respond to Competition? Evidence From New Orleans
Hint: Think Mad Men. Jeff Murray
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Advanced Education
Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students
No state does right by its “high flyers,” and most do an awful lot wrong. Michelle Lerner
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The great achievements of the Every Child Achieves Act
Today, the Senate HELP Committee is considering the bipartisan ESEA reauthorization bill crafted by Senators Alexander and Murray.
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Alexander-Murray: This is what compromise looks like, in a single table
I’m back from a week’s vacation and pleased to find that ESEA reauthorization is still (if just barely) alive.
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part III: Student Engagement
The weak link between student motivation and achievement. Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part II: Measuring Effects of the Common Core
Small but noticeable early-stage differences Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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How Well Are American Students Learning? Part I: Girls, Boys, and Reading
In reading, Finland’s girls are the real superstars. Robert Pondiscio
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Charter Schools
Why school choice is the highest form of fairness
The impulse to protect kids from bad choices serves no one well. Matthew Levey
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College preparedness over the years, according to NAEP
The benefit of different post-diploma paths. Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn, Jr.
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Charter Schools
How Do School Leaders Respond to Competition? Evidence From New Orleans
Short review of new study on the effects of competition on schools
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Charter Schools
The rough balance serves students well
Andy Smarick is clearly disappointed with the
