American achievement in international perspective

PISA by the (raw) numbers

A modest proposal for pension reform

Tie benefits to contributions

Fordham's Kathryn Mullen Upton testifies in support of charter school serving incarcerated youth

Yesterday Fordham's Kathryn Mullen Upton, director of charter school sponsorship for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, testified before the Ohio Senate Education Committee in support of SB 86.

Doing more with less in K-12 education: A timely discussion for Ohio

Eric Hanushek to Ohio lawmakers: Education policies must incentivize achievement

This morning, economist and education policy expert Eric Hanushek testified in a joint meeting of the Ohio House and Senate education committees. His testimony ?

Briefly Noted: Delivering the goods

The goods being a robust curriculum and federal-stimulus funding

Standards don???t mean a thing without that curriculum-swing

The case for a voluntary national curriculum

The newspaper that cried wolf

Another take on the USA Today data

Leaders no longer in limbo?

School leadership challenges in the post-collective bargaining era

A Smarter Teacher Layoff System: How Quality-Based Layoffs Can Help Schools Keep Great Teachers

The New Teacher Project nails it again

The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Preparing Students for College and Careers

Favoring both the Common Core and 21st century skills?

Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Education

The newest racial gap: exposure to arts education

The rebirth of the education governor

Welcome the largest crop of ed-reform governors in thirty years

Fordham-authorized Columbus Collegiate Academy wins highest honor for student achievement

Columbus Collegiate Academy, a Fordham-authorized charter school in one of Columbus's poorest neighborhoods (Weinland Park), has just been awarded the Gold-Gain EPIC award by New Leaders for New Schools for dramatic gains in student achievement.?

Fordham's Jamie Davies O'Leary testifies in Ohio Senate in support of TFA

This morning the Ohio Senate Education Committee met to discuss SB 81- a bill that would allow Teach For America alumni to gain a resident teacher license and be equipped to teach in the State of Ohio. It also paves the way for the creation of an actual TFA-Ohio site.

Ohio superintendents: Yearning to break free-but after you go first

Last week we released Yearning to Break Free: Ohio Superintendents Speak Out ??? a statewide survey of Ohio superintendents and other education leaders.?? Among the key findings, superintendents told us they want state leaders to:

New Fordham report: Yearning to Break Free

Education in Ohio, as in most of the country, is coming to terms with a challenging ?new normal,? as Arne Duncan calls it?the prolonged period ahead when schools must produce better results with diminished resources.

Disingenuous Dems

The disjoint between Democrats and ed-reform

Blue-ribbon orator

Chris Christie wins the war of words

The Nation's Report Card: Science 2009: Trial Urban District Assessment

The results in one word: dismal

Customized Schooling: Beyond Whole-School Reform

Rebuilding the education system from scratch

Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best

A playbook for charter expansion

Briefly Noted: Double the salary, double the fun

Taking the magnifying glass to WI teachers? fringe benefits

Memories of David Kearns, 1930-2011

Former colleagues share their remembrances of the former deputy secretary of education

Yearning to break free

What superintendents say when the doors are closed

Science scores for Cleveland predictably low but still inexcusable

Anyone who's followed more than a few releases of NAEP scores recognizes the familiar feeling of disenchantment that accompanies it. Scores are low across subgroups?

Ohio districts don't have to reinvent the wheel

Over the weekend the Dayton Daily News ran an article talking about Senate Bill 5. With a majority of the state's and local news outlets completely consumed by this debate this should come as no surprise.

Collective bargaining in Ohio

Fordham's own Terry Ryan testified recently before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee on Ohio Senate Bill 5.

TNTP on LIFO

???It should not be illegal for schools to try and keep great teachers during tough economic times.???

Midwest unrest: The view from the frontline

The Midwest is in turmoil over proposed changes to state laws that deal with collective-bargaining rights and pensions for public-sector employees, including teachers and other school personnel (as well as police officers, state employees, and more).