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America's High School Graduates: Results from the 2009 NAEP High School Transcript Study
Curriculum rigor is on the up-and-up
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District of Columbia Public Schools: Defining Instructional Expectations and Aligning Accountability and Support
Lessons from the front lines
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Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors: Fighting for the Soul of America???s Toughest High School
Sure they?re inspiring, but school turnarounds are hard work!
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State Test Score Trends Through 2008-09, Part 3: Student Achievement at 8th Grade
Is middle school really not the black sheep?
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NASA decision: Another blow for Fordham's hometown
NASA's decision to award the four retired space shuttles to museums in Washington, Florida, New York, and California was a blow to Dayton and to the entire Buckeye State.
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Kasich's education proposals on the right track, still leave room for improvement
Following is an excerpt of public testimony about the education provisions of House Bill 153 that Fordham’s Terry Ryan presented to the House Finance Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee on April 8. You can read his full testimony here.
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SB 5 could simply mean business as usual for local teacher personnel policies
Much ink and energy already has been spilled over Senate Bill 5, legislation that places significant restrictions around collective bargaining for public employees of all stripes – K-12 teachers, police, fire fighters, and
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Impact of school improvement initiatives in HB 153
Governor Kasich has put a priority on academic achievement in his inaugural budget proposal with several provisions aimed at improving Ohio’s lowest performing public schools.
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Creating a Winning Legislative Campaign: The Colorado Story
What better person to write a case study of SB 191 – Colorado’s groundbreaking teacher evaluation legislation – than the legislative director for Mike Johnston, the state senator who shepherded it through to passage? Scott Laband describes the political, policy, and messaging elements that were essential for the legislation’s ultimate success:
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It's Easier to Pick a Good Teacher than to Train One: Familiar and New Results on the Correlates of Teacher Effectiveness
How did good teachers become good teachers? Matthew M. Chingos and Paul E. Peterson seek to answer this question in their latest study, wherein they examined several traditional strategies for teachers to increase their effectiveness, such as pursuing advanced degrees, on-the-job training, etc. to determine which methods were successful.
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Charter School Performance in Indiana
The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford released its latest study of charter school performance, this time focusing on Indiana.
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District of Columbus Public Schools: Defining Instructional Expectations and Aligning Accountability and Support
When Michelle Rhee took the helm of DC Public Schools in 2007 the district’s achievement was dismal. NAEP scores for DC’s students were among the lowest in the nation, and achievement gaps between white and black students were among the largest in the country. Rhee and her team knew that something had to change dramatically.
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Dollars and cents: Teacher quality and lifetime earnings
How do teachers impact students’ lifetime earnings? Eric Hanushek has quantified the answer to this and other questions related to teacher quality in his recent Education Next article. Is high-stakes testing hurting our kids?
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Terry Ryan testifies in support of budget bill provisions
By now it should be no surprise to anyone that Ohio is the midst of a financial crisis, and that schools will undoubtedly feel the brunt of this.
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Evaluation of teachers must improve
Effective teachers are the most valuable education asset that Ohio (or any state) has. Statistics don't lie when it comes to their impact on children's learning.
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Charter Schools
Parent trigger in Ohio: Much ado about very little
Ohio is in the midst of its biennial budget debate and there has been much angst and ink spilled about a proposal in the
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What Makes KIPP Work?: A Study of Student Characteristics, Attrition, and School Finance
Methodology so shaky it would make the Think Tank Review Project blush
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Creating A Winning Legislative Campaign: The Colorado Story
An education-reform blueprint so straightforward Gadfly?s grandmother could follow it
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What Does Washington State Get for Its Investment in Bonuses for Board Certified Teachers?
Answer: Sadly, not much
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Should Ohio follow the way of the Hoosiers on school vouchers?
With the GOP dominating so many state capitols and governors' mansions, it shouldn't come as a surprise that legislation aimed at expanding school choice is on the rise.
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