The Fordham team invites you to a vigorous, frank, and eye-opening discussion of Fordham?s own experience authorizing charter schools in Ohio?and how that matches authorizing elsewhere. What have they gleaned from their stumbles, foibles, and successes? I
The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School officers recently released draft K-12 Common Core State Standards in English/Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. These standards could represent an important step forward for Americ
This bold book provides a wake-up call?and explicit challenge?to black leaders and communities nationwide. It traces the history of the achievement gap, examines popular explanations for it, and offers strong suggestions for closing it. This, the authors
Experts from a variety of perspectives will discuss the root of America's tepid achievement in science and Fordham's forthcoming State of State Science Standards report.
Join us February 15 for an important conversation about Ohio’s adoption and implementation of the Common Core Academic Standards!
Join us for lunch and an information session on the breakthrough year of school choice and what 2012 will bring in education reform. With seven new programs and 10 expanded programs, learn about the new data on student enrollment, program spending, and more! Hear how school choice has changed the lives of families and be the first to see the Alliance for School Choice 2011-12 School Choice Year Book.
After a decade of living with the No Child Left Behind Act, there is wide, bipartisan consensus that this law governing so much of the federal role in education needs to change. With reauthorization still stalled in Congress, however, the Obama Administration offered states a deal—freedom from some of NCLB’s prescriptions in return for alignment with the Education Department’s current reform priorities.
Fordham is bringing together experts on all aspects of education policy—from governance to finance to human capital—to examine how policymakers can make digital learning a transformative tool to improve American education…and weigh the dangers that lie ahead.
A national conversation about the role of teachers, accountability, governance,and school spending in the digital era
A conversation with Lamar Alexander and Margaret Spellings.