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
Despite its popularity, however, there is a reason that a program like this is controversial: A tax credit scholarship is tantamount to a voucher.
NACSA's call for states to be more proactive in closing failing charter schools and opening great new ones.
What is student-centered learning -- and does it cost more?
The NACSA's Parker Baxter on charter accountability and the "One Million Lives" campaign
According to Judge Timothy Kelley, the state was wrong to fund its new voucher program by the same revenue stream that provides a “minimum foundation” to its public elementary and secondary schools.
This wonky but important (and exceptionally timely) book by Schmidt and McKnight is a distinctive, deeply researched, and amply documented plea for full-scale implementation of the Common Core math standards
CRPE argues a statewide difference in charter and district special-education enrollments is too simplistic of a comparison
Nowhere do the CCSS “mandate” the percent of time ELA teachers need to spend on nonfiction
By embracing some modest measures of standards and accountability, the D.C. program might set in motion effects that could ripple beyond its boundaries
A decades-old Rand Corporation report suggests high school implementation may be difficult
Terry Ryan writes about student nomads, picky parents, and feelings of cognitive dissonance
