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Ohio: The Condition of College & Career Readiness, 2012
Buckeye State high-school students slightly outperformed their national peers in all tested subjects
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Opportunities Suspended: The Disparate Impact of Disciplinary Exclusion from School
The Civil Rights Project at UCLA looks at the rates of suspension for K-12 public school students on the national, state, and district level
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The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment: Experimental Evidence from New York City
Report examines the impact of school vouchers on college enrollment rates of students who were entering grades one through five
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New hires, new tools, new results…?
This school year is shepherding in lots of changes in Buckeye state schools! Vacancies in Central Ohio have allowed districts to hire more entry-level teachers.
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Compulsory School Attendance: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy
Can stricter compulsory school attendance (CSA) laws improve high school graduation rates?
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Charter Schools
Charter schools “wreaking havoc on private education?” Not exactly.
What the latest Cato study gets right...and wrong
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Teacher unions, part 2: a perversion of democracy?
Should teacher unions be allowed to give money to their bosses—the legislators who write the laws that give them their privileges—and their salaries?
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Charter Schools
A modest school voucher led to outsize results
A new study shows that black students who won a school-voucher lottery in New York a generation ago were more likely to attend college than students who didn’t win.
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Searching in vain for the “invest-in-the-future” ticket
Education or “Medicare as we know it". Pick one.
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Charter Schools
Philly shakes up Catholic education—again
The nation’s oldest parochial school system starts fresh
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Some Assembly Required: Building a Better Accountability System for California
Accountability we all might agree on
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Weight Status among Adolescents in States That Govern Competitive Food Nutrition Content
A case for Nanny States
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Taking on tenure and tenuous school financing
What a difference five years makes: In 2007, 97 percent of eligible teachers earned tenure in New York City; this year,
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Teacher unions: “pigs at the trough” or victims of their own success?
By associating their cause with the cause of public education, teacher unions were able to build a formidable public image of solidarity with the cause of schooling. Now they’re stuck trying to explain the results.
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A serious mess: Ohio’s school-data scandal has profound ripple effects
Looking at the fallout from the Buckeye State's data-tampering scandal
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Charter Schools
A desperate archdiocese makes a bold move for its schools
Philadelphia was home to the nation’s first diocesan Catholic school system. Now it has the first Catholic school system run by a foundation of lay people.
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On the horizon: harder tests
Ohio needs to be ready for more challenging exams when the Common Core arrives in 2014-15.
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Curriculum & Instruction
The discipline dilemma: Why black kids draw the short straw on suspensions
Race, school discipline, and curriculum
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If Ohio gets serious, the third-grade reading guarantee will help kids
The Buckeye State's third-grade reading guarantee can and should have a positive impact on Ohio’s students. But it will require the ongoing cooperation and serious effort of local educators, state education leaders, and the state legislature alike to ensure that is the case.
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Charter Schools
Firing the Detroit school board may be good for the Motor City
An attorney general's audacious move may highlight the desperate need for an emergency manager.
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Fordham working to improve our schools
Terry Ryan tells the Dayton Daily News about Fordham’s work in the Gem City and the pressing education issues facing Dayton today.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Common Core opens a second front in the Reading Wars
Welcome to the Battle of Just-Right Texts
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Charter Schools
Even with limited leverage, Uncle Sam can promote school choice
What the feds can and should do
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Choosing Paul Ryan may have greater edu-implications than you think
Prepare for a full-throated debate on school spending
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Curriculum & Instruction
The Unintended Consequence of an Algebra-for-All Policy on High-Skill Students: The Effects on Instructional Organization and Students’ Academic Outcomes
An empiricist votes “yes” on tracking
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Trending Toward Reform: Teachers Speak on Unions and the Future of the Profession
Embracing a new “new unionism”
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Compulsory School Attendance: What Research Says and What It Means for State Policy
No harm, no foul—yet no real gains
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