The right decision from Ball State
Indiana’s Ball State University has delivered on its pledge to end contracts with the worst-performing charter schools in its portfolio, and its action will strengthen the charter movement
Indiana’s Ball State University has delivered on its pledge to end contracts with the worst-performing charter schools in its portfolio, and its action will strengthen the charter movement
Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) thrives and its school leader plays a major role
Fordham’s Terry Ryan talks on the record about charters and seclusion rooms
For low-performing charters, yes, we need tough charter closure laws. But let’s not overlook great charters either
Leaders from two Dayton high schools divulge the special sauce
Why English language arts matters, according to E.D. Hirsch
Does it matter whether your best friend's parents are wealthy and educated?
On Wednesday afternoon, President Obama recommended a package of national reforms aimed at preventing tragedies like last month’s in Newtown, Connecticut.
Today, Indiana’s Senate Education Committee heard arguments on whether to keep, eliminate, or change the state’s commitment to the Common Core
There is a reason why, after months of resistance, the Adelanto School Board this week voted unanimously to adopt the parent-triggered charter conversion of Desert Trails Elementary: It’s not the same board
How school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
Achieve released the second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards this week.
How school leaders are working to bring talent into school districts
Hard choices, rigorously implemented
In the biggest non-surprise of 2012, the U.S.
The findings would have been better if not for the performance of schools overseen by one authorizer—Ball State University
To understand what is going on in Finland, its perhaps important to start not with a snapshot of their test scores and existing education structures but with a historical perspective.
This week, Student Achievement Partners—the group co-founded by Common Core architects David Coleman and Jason Zimba—announced a partnership with the NEA and AFT to develop and disseminate Core-aligned curriculum at no cost to teachers, thanks to a three
D.C. charter schools, the task force decided, should remain open to all comers in the city, but charters that move into closed district schools should voluntarily give admissions preference to children who live nearby
In addition to being developed under the careful guidance of the lead authors of the standards themselves, SAP-developed resources will be open source and provided at no cost to teachers around the country
Our annual analysis of school performance in our home state's major urban areas, plus a projection of proficiency rates when the PARCC exams arrive in 2014-15.
Executive compensation must be transparent and carefully considered.
Highly effective superintendents and charter school operators deserve to be paid well, but 'how much is too much’ is a question school boards have to grapple with as they also have to help make the case for school levies every couple of years
Denizens of the anti-Common Core fever swamps, by misinterpreting the NAEP assessment framework, become a case-in-point for teaching informational texts
Governor Rick Scott has garnered attention for suggesting that all schools receiving public funding, including private schools accepting voucher-bearing students, be held to Common Core standards
New Orleans sets the pace
Another case for the Common Core
While there are achievement gaps between low-income and affluent students across content areas, none seem more vexing to close than the reading gap
The Brookings Institution's second Education Choice and Competition Index released yesterday