New Media
Podcast
Is the IRS poised to harm school choice?
On this week's podcast, Adam Peshek, a managing director at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss whether new IRS regulations will harm tax credit scholarship programs. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines the academic effects of longer school days.
Podcast
Curriculum & Instruction
How good are states’ English language arts standards?
On this week's podcast, literacy expert Tim Shanahan joins Robert Pondiscio and David Griffith to discuss his review of states’ English language arts standards for Fordham’s new report, “The State of State Standards Post-Common Core.” On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the results of the 2018 Education Next poll.
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Solid math standards: Necessary...but not sufficient
Some authors get paid by the word. I’m so glad that I don’t. In mathematics, my field, a few words can describe a vast terrain. For standards there are four words that all evaluators, all policymakers, and all parents would do well to keep in mind: necessary but not sufficient.
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New Media
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In it for the long haul: Our district’s experience implementing a high-quality curriculum
By Amy Holbrook, Becky Parker, and Mandy Polen
Report
Standards
The State of State Standards Post-Common Core
Eight years ago, we compared states’ English language arts (ELA) and mathematics standards to what were then the newly-minted Common Core State Standards. That report found that the Common Core was clearer and more rigorous than the ELA standards in thirty-seven states and stronger than the math standards in thirty-nine states.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly - 8/17/18
New report on the emergence of non-district authorizers
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Podcast
Curriculum & Instruction
How African American children view our education system
On this week's podcast, Sekou Biddle, a vice president at UNCF, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss African American youth’s near-universal aspirations to go to college, but frustration at an education system that is not preparing them for success. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern covers a new comprehensive look at America’s colleges of education.
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How well does teacher coaching work as a professional development model?
By Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
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Charter Schools
The myth of Ohio's "for profit" charter school system
Since the inception of Ohio’s charter school program in 1998, gallons of ink have been spilled documenting the missteps of a few charter operators.
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Curriculum & Instruction
All about ed tech
On this week’s podcast, Gisèle Huff, executive director of the Jaquelin Hume Foundation, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the use of technology in education. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern covers Fordham’s recent study on reading and writing instruction in America's schools.
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Charter Schools
Ohio Charter News Weekly - 8/3/18
Ohio House Education Committee chair voices support for charters
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Podcast
Charter Schools
Golden State charter politics
On this week's podcast, Carlos Marquez, a senior vice president at the California Charter Schools Association, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the state’s charter school politics. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines the effects of the Investing in Innovation Fund.