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Missing the mark on evolution
Don’t miss Paul Gross’s latest piece on the neglect of evolution in state science standards.
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Charter Schools
Accountability and voucher politics in the Pelican State
Governor Bobby Jindal’s school voucher proposal for Louisiana has been dragged into the familiar politics of parental choice.
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Bush saves Romney from Etch A Sketch hell!
The former Florida governor is still hard at work reforming education.
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Better Schools Through Better Politics: The Human Side of Portfolio School District Reform
School closures get a little easier to handle
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Charter Schools
The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy
The Left likes choice—just not too much choice
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Philadelphia’s Renaissance Schools Initiative: 18 Month Interim Report <em>and</em> Turning Around Low-Performing Schools in Chicago
Finally some student-achievement data on turnarounds
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From SIG to surveys, a little skepticism is in order
Arne Duncan was only missing a "Mission Accomplished" banner on Monday when he announced that the Administration’s
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Allan Odden offers praise, caution for Harrison pay-for-performance plan
The Harrison (CO) School District’s compensation plan, profiled in a recent Fordham report, represents another of yet a few compensation plans that totally redesign the actual teacher salary schedule. The Harrison plan reflects the kind of new teacher salary schedule I have been recommending for nearly two decades.
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Ohio’s "dropout factories"
In 2009, 135 Ohio high schools were identified as "dropout factories" – schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of their students on time.
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Charter Schools
How do we empower parents?
Guest blogger John Kirtley, chairman of Step Up for Students, answers Board's Eye View's BIG question: "What's the most important governance issue?"
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Charter Schools
Choice and competition in the name of national security
It's not A Nation At Risk, but today's Council on Foreign Relations report on US education reform and national security makes bold statements on our progress toward higher educational standards and enhanced school choice.
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Do teachers want traditional pensions?
Maybe not, is the answer from a recent poll of New York State teachers conducted by the Empire Center.
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Ohio is falling behind in the competition for education talent
Ohio is in a competition for excellence in education, and despite some wins along the way we risk falling further behind some of our smarter and more nimble competitors.
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Charter Schools
A burden comes with higher D.C. charter projections
Projections show that charter schools may grow to educate nearly half of D.C. public school students, but that milestone means they'll have to stop resorting to the expulsion of troubled students so quickly.
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Can we trust school districts to deliver?
Guest blogger Harold Kwalwasser is the author of the inaugural post in Board's Eye View's series, "The BIG Question: What’s the most important education governance issue?"
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Curriculum & Instruction
In building common science standards, not all benchmarks are created equal
A look at the merits of the science frameworks for the PISA, TIMSS, NAEP, and ACT.
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New York archdiocese experiments to stay viable
The Archdiocese of New York announced this week that it would reshape the authority over its financially troubled Catholic school system, and its action should give advocates for Catholic education everywhere a reason to feel optimistic.
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Governor Kasich’s latest education proposals: So far, so good
Governor Kasich's revealed his mid-biennium budget and so far it looks pretty good.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Evaluating the NYC Core Knowledge Early Literacy Pilot: Year 3 Report
This stuff really works!
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The Harrison Plan: Teacher compensation based on effectiveness
Putting pay-for-performance into practice
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Catching up with Kasich, Catholic schools, and the CCSS
John Kasich “begged” the Ohio Board of Education this week to support Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s education overhaul plan. After the SB 5 disappointment, here's hoping the Ohio governor's softer approach can help make a promising policy come to pass, then last.
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The Harrison Plan: Teacher Compensation Based on Effectiveness
Pop quiz: Which school district is farthest ahead in designing and implementing a workable teacher evaluation system? Washington, DC, with its IMPACT system? Denver, Colorado, with PRO-COMP? You’re getting warmer…
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Michelle Rhee on the Harrison (CO) School District's pay-for-performance plan
Michelle Rhee and Eric Lerum of StudentsFirst analyze the Harrison School District's approach to teacher compensation.
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"What do you know? You never taught!" and other ways we slow down educational progress
Perhaps what we need right now in education is not fewer outsiders, but many, many more.