With Indiana's decision to adopt, we're up to 35 Common Core states nationwide?or more than two-thirds. But because of big states like California, Florida, and New York joining recently, the percentage of the nation's kids in those states is well past three-fourths.
?[As schools] confront more funding challenges, it will be increasingly difficult to offer a wide range of educational options parents want and demand.'' ?Tom Lasley, Executive Director of EDvention, commenting on virtual schools' ability to reach students in ways traditional education cannot
A New York Times article, ?$200 Textbook vs Free. You do the Math,? brings up a very interesting topic today: the textbook oligopoly. The $4.3 billion textbook market has been dominated by four multinational publishers, but now David is taking a shot at Goliath using a new age tool, open source software.
All charters aren't created equal, especially this union charter in New York.
?We are spending $8 billion to $15 billion per year on textbooks? it seems to me we could put that all online for free.? ?Scott McNealy, Former CEO of Sun Microsystems
I'm thrilled to announce that Peter Meyer, a contributing editor at Education Next, and a former writer and editor at esteemed publications including TIME and Life, is joining our team at Fordham. He'll be a senior visiting fellow, and will be helping to make Flypaper livelier than ever.
If you are anything like New York's test scores, then Monday's probably bringing you down.
?[Charter school enrollment growth] really set the stage for the most dramatic reforms you're now seeing in the school district.? ? Andrew Rotherham, Co-Founder and Partner at Bellwether Education Partners
Before I officially lose my right to comment at will, I wanted to pass along a couple good reads in the latest edition of Education Next.
Teachers unions and D.C. teachers have been in a tizzy recently over the firings of 241 under performing and ineffective teachers.
Are you curious to know more about Fordham’s unique role as both an education think tank and an authorizer of actual charter schools on-the-ground in Ohio, or would like to have a conversation with co-authors of Fordham’s latest book, Ohio’s Education Reform Challenges: Lessons from the Frontlines? Mark your calendars for two events on August 11.
?The last time I checked, Lady Gaga is doing fine with just a year of college.'' ?Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
Edward W. Wiley, Eleanor R. Spindler, & Amy N. SubertUniversity of Colorado at Boulder2010
Institute of Education SciencesJune 2010This report is the third and final report of a series that examines the efficacy of comprehensive teacher induction programs, which are intensive, formalized mentoring programs that many districts have adopted and developed in order to boost student achievement, increase teacher retention, and provide a system of support for new teachers.
Howard S. Bloom, Saskia Levy Thompson, and Rebecca UntermanMDRCJune 2010
Thomas C. Hunt and Timothy Walch, Eds.Alliance for Catholic Education PressJune 2010
Steve SuittsThe Southern Education Fund 2010
Kristie KauerzFoundation for Child DevelopmentJune 2010
Danielle Battle & Kerry GruberThe National Center for Education Statistics June 2010
The Columbus Dispatch has had great coverage of the struggles of? and now the proposed fix for ?
Almost three years ago, Fordham and the Northwest Evaluation Association published a landmark study, The Proficiency Illusion, which found that state ?proficiency cut scores? varied tremendously, not just from state to state but also within states.
The New York Times article, ?The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers? by David Leonhardt, was the most-emailed article in the Times yesterday, and Education Week's Elanna S.
We confess. Mike and I were partly wrong last week: More than half a dozen conservatives have misgivings about the ?Common Core? standards and the tests to follow.
Washingtonians share their opinion on the latest round of D.C. teacher firings. Want to travel to Japan to teach English?
?We are facing the hard truth that the [proficiency] gains in the past were simply not as advertised.'' ? Merryl Tisch, Chancellor of the New York state Board of Regents
Bridging the divide between education research and education policy can be difficult, but we came one step closer this week when we co-hosted the first Emerging Education Policy Scholars program with the American Enterprise Institute.
We often find ourselves in the other corner of the policy ring from AFT President Randi Weingarten. So it is with a mixture of cheer and frustration that we discover Ms. Weingarten to be a talented crafter of haiku, sanely ambitious (“just enough to make a difference”), and notably tireless (“what is sleep?” she queries when asked how much she gets).
