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Ohio's "attendancegate": The innocent are being harmed
The longer Ohio's data scandal lingers on, the more innocent schools and educators suffer.
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The crowd out effect of special education
Each additional dollar a district spends on special education may mean one less dollar for general education
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Three common-sense ideas for improving special education in Ohio
Can special education be done better while controlling spending?
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Recent State Action on Teacher Effectiveness: What's in State Laws and Regulations?
DC-based Bellwether Education Partners examines policies that took major legislative action in teacher effectiveness
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Curriculum & Instruction
Is Retaining Students in Early Grades Self-Defeating?
The pros and cons of state policies that require retention of third-grade students
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Curriculum & Instruction
Big Data for Education: Data Mining, Data Analytics, and Web Dashboards
An IBM-style question to schools: what are you doing to utilize data to improve performance?
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Pupils, plans, and productive partnerships
Two Cincinnati schools have put Ohio in the spotlight this month, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Footage of John P.
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Ohio's attendancegate: Even the innocent are being harmed
The consequences of Ohio's data scandal extend beyond the perpetrators
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Curriculum & Instruction
The best education for the best is the best education for all
The case for a solid liberal arts education beyond high schools
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Charter Schools
What the Democratic Party platform used to say about school choice
A brief history lesson
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Curriculum & Instruction
The Xerox effect: Why replication in education falls short
A look at Paul Bambrick-Santoyo's new book, "Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools"
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Kick-Starting Reform: Three City-Based Organizations Showing How to Transform Public Education
Local control, education-advocacy style
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Curriculum & Instruction
Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through
Matriculating is not enough
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Oceans of Innovation: The Atlantic, the Pacific, Global Leadership and the Future of Education
A global education-reform manifesto
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New teachers abound and TFA’s not all to blame
California legislators abandoned a bill that would have overhauled state rules o
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3 common-sense ideas for improving special education in Ohio
Ohio's special education system is fragmented and siloed. Systems thinking can help the state save money and improve services.
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Charter Schools
Catholic v. charters: Where’s the God gene?
It may not be the Catholic school system that is in trouble, but the Church.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Is everything you’ve heard about failing schools wrong?
No accountability system is perfect, but we can all agree that one that gets it wrong as often as it gets it right is in need of serious reform. But is there any proof that is happening?
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Cleveland schools are doing great things despite what critics (Stephen Dyer and Diane Ravitch) say
Diane Ravitch posted a guest blog by Stephen Dyer earlier this week entitled “The Good, Bad and Ugly in the Cleveland Plan.”
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Charter Schools
The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City
Catnip for the school-choice proponent
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Recent State Action on Teacher Effectiveness: What’s in State Laws and Regulations
One-stop teacher-policy shop