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Commentary
3.18.2015
Charter Schools

The limits of equity

Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series of personal reflections on the current state of education reform and contemporary conservatism by Andy Smarick, a Bernard Lee Schwartz senior policy fellow with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Report
3.17.2015
Governance, Teachers & School Leaders

Developing School Leaders: What the U.S. Can Learn from England's Model

Mark Toner

The myriad challenges facing school principals in the United States have been well documented, including limited opportunities for distributed leadership, inadequate training, and a lackluster pipeline for new leaders. Recently, the Fordham Institute teamed up with the London-based Education Foundation to seek a better understanding of England’s recent efforts to revamp school leadership.

Commentary
3.11.2015
Standards, Curriculum & Instruction

EdReports.org

Victoria McDougald

A great resource fact-checks textbooks’ “Common Core-aligned” claims. Victoria Sears

Commentary
3.11.2015
Standards

GreatKids Milestones

Robert Pondiscio

A new video series shows what it looks like when your kid meets Common Core benchmarks. Robert Pondiscio

Commentary
3.9.2015
Standards, Curriculum & Instruction

Moral facts and the Common Core

Kathleen Porter-Magee

Just when you thought we’d run out of things to blame on the standards. Kathleen Porter-Magee

Commentary
3.9.2015
Charter Schools

How to end the education reform wars

Michael J. Petrilli

On Sunday, Mike spoke to the New York State Council of School Superintendents. These were his remarks as prepared for delivery.

Commentary
3.6.2015

Why single parenthood is a legitimate issue for education reform

Michael J. Petrilli

Ever since I published my article in the special Education Next issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Moynihan Report, “How can schools address America’s marriage crisis?,” I’ve been hearing from friends—most of them liberal education reformers—questioning why I’d want to wade into such tre

Commentary
3.5.2015
Standards, Curriculum & Instruction

No time to lose on early reading

Robert Pondiscio

This post has been updated with the full text of "No time to lose on early reading"

Commentary
3.5.2015
Charter Schools

School choice technocrats wanted

One of the most important developments in urban education over the last two decades has been the rapid expansion of school choice.

Commentary
3.4.2015

An apology

Michael J. Petrilli

I remember reading an interview with a successful business leader once. It went something like this:Reporter: What’s the secret of your success?CEO: Good decisions.Reporter: How do you make good decisions?CEO: Good judgment.

Commentary
3.3.2015
Standards, Curriculum & Instruction

CPAC's Common Core vaudeville show

Robert Pondiscio

I’d like to see Bobby Jindal use a teleprompter the next time he attacks Common Core. I’d like to be reassured he knows how to read.

Commentary
3.2.2015
Accountability & Testing, Charter Schools

Using equity reports to drive school improvement in D.C.

When we talk about high standards, accountability, and school choice, one essential element is often overlooked: giving parents and education leaders information they can actually use. It’s one thing to produce data, but quite another to make it useful—easily understood, comparable, and actionable.