A first look at today's education news: A study finds that kids' spatial-reasoning skills may be a better indicator of future innovation in STEM than math or verbal skills, certificate programs are becoming increasingly popular, and more
Let's not overlook the reality that worthy effort requires sound policy, not just praise for those who do a great job despite its absence
A first look at today's education news: A report finds that children's well-being is rising, Jack Martin replaces Roy Roberts as emergency manager of the Detroit Public Schools, and more
A first look at today's education news: Malala Yousafzai will address the United Nations in New York today, a near-compromise on student loans falls apart due to the project costs, and more
A first look at today's education news: A fissure in the Democratic party stalls efforts to fix the student-loan mess, California will decide on whether to adopt NGSS next fall, and more
Andy Smarick interviews Kathleen Porter-Magee, senior director of the High Quality Standards program and Bernard Lee Schwartz policy fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
A selection of recent press hits explaining how the Common Core are conservative
A first look at today's education news: Pennsylvania's charter school students are not doing as well as their traditional public school peers, a USED review panel finds that PARCC and Smarter Balanced need to pay more attention to ELL and disabled students, and more
A first look at today's education news: The Oregon Legislature wants to allow students to attend college now and pay the state later, the Obama administration's new guidelines on emergency planning at schools causes some consternation, and more
...And only a few shameless Fordham plugs
A first look at today's education news: Oklahoma will back out of the PARCC testing consortium, California will change the way it funds it schools, and more
Andy Smarick interviews...Frederick Douglass and Ronald Reagan?
A first look at today's education news: Philly's cash-strapped public school district might be saved, the federal student-loan rate doubles, and more
A first look at today's education news: The OECD says that those without "baseline qualifications" fared worst during financial crises, Glenda Ritz backs away from Indiana's teacher-evaluation system, and mroe
A first look at today's education news: Student loans are set to jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, the Agriculture Department has enacted a snacks ban in schools, and more
Many have been pestering the Department for SIG student achievement data
Four years after the first report’s release, CREDO is out with an update
Still hunting the High School Reform That Works
A first look at today's education news: Arne Duncan defends the Common Core standards, the New York Times highlights the rising cost of college, and more
Andy Smarick interviews Marc Porter Magee, founder and president of 50CAN
A first look at today's education news: CREDO has released an updated assessment of the quality of the nation's charter schools, the Supreme Court sends affirmative action back to appeals, and more
A first look at today's education news: An MIT student finds that Boston's charter schools deliver, a computer glitch means late diplomas for over a thousand NYC students, and more
A first look at today's education news: Catholic schools fight to survive, South Carolina on the verge of a tax-credit-scholarship program for special-ed students, and more
The report heard ‘round the ed-reform world
Yesterday, Mike Petrilli argued the conservative case for the Common Core on the Rod Arquette Show
A first look at today's education news: Arne Duncan will allow waiver states to postpone attaching stakes to teacher-evaluation systems, the UFT will endorse a mayoral candidate for the first time in over a decade, and more
Andy Smarick interviews Kaya Henderson, Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools
