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Waiving requirements and wasting time. Connection?
The Department of Education announced the latest wave of NCLB waivers this week, br
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Putting a Price Tag on the Common Core
Fordham's latest report estimates the costs of implementing the Common Core State Standards.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Content matters: The real lessons we need to draw from elite schools
Yes, let’s find ways to drive better discussions in the classroom. But let’s also recognize that what makes those discussions work in America’s elite private schools is that they are built atop of solid foundation of rigorous content and hours and hours of practice.
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Don’t let the states off the hook for completing the Common Core
After having been asleep at the switch for two years, states should be busy looking to finish the job they started when they adopted the standards—to add the 15 percent atop the Core where they can provide the guidance teachers need to drive outstanding, CCSS-aligned instruction.
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Charter Schools
Heterogeneous Competitive Effects of Charter Schools in Milwaukee
Competitive effects need real competition. Go figure!
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The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation’s Public Schools
Step one: Admit there’s a problem
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Charter Schools
Spending by the Major Charter Management Organizations: Comparing Charter School and Local Public District Financial Resources in New York, Ohio, and Texas
Yet another NEPC straw man
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Progress has a price
Faced with the need to cut staff, but prevented by last-in, first-out requirements from axing the lousiest educators, Newark is looking to follow NYC’s lead and pay its way out of the problem by buying out low-performing teachers with its Mark Zuckerberg-donated cash.
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Talking Common Core and human capital in the Gem City
The Common Core standards have the potential to help put Dayton, Ohio and the country on a path toward higher achievement.
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Future Shock: Early Common Core implementation lessons from Ohio
A new report from Fordham takes a look at Common Core implementation from the front lines.
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Charter Schools
Why unionized charters would be a setback for Ohio’s school improvement efforts
Would unionized charter schools be good for students?
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Charter Schools, Advanced Education
Accountability and perspective needed for drop-out recovery charters
Drop-out recovery charter schools annually serve about 20 percent of Ohio’s charter students but have never been held accountable for the performance of their students.
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Talking Common Core and human capital in the Gem City
The Common Core standards have the potential to help put Dayton, Ohio and the country on a path toward higher achievement.
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Major Accountability Themes of Second-Round State Applications for NCLB Waivers
A recent report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) takes a look at the major accountability themes proposed by the 27 states in the second round, focusing on common themes among these states.
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Greenhouse Schools: How Schools Can Build Cultures Where Teachers and Students Thrive
The New Teacher Project's (TNTP) Greenhouse Schools considers the link between a school’s instructional culture and both teacher retention and student achievement.
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Creating a Comprehensive System for Evaluating and Supporting Effective Teaching
A report released by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education advances the discussion about quality teacher evaluations and professional development.
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Put a ring on high achievement
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, higher income and education levels are linked to better health. Not only for adults (people with a high school degree or less are more likely to smoke than people with a post-secondary degree) but also for c
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Will economics increase school choice?
One of Columbus' suburban districts adopts an open enrollment policy.
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Charter Schools
Charter and catholic schools can coexist
Closing or limiting charter options will only further limit the options available to urban parents who desperately crave better choices for their children.
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Curriculum & Instruction
"Devil's in the details"
Ohio educators talk about the promise and challenges of implementing the Common Core.
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Implementation, implementation, implementation
The early lessons learned putting Common Core into practice.
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