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Quality Counts: Uncertain Forecast???Education Adjusts to a New Economic Reality
A poor ranking system, but a worthwhile report
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The 2010 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well are American Students Learning? Part III: NAEP and the Common Core Standards
Think NAEP is tough? Wait till we start testing the Common Core
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School Funding Reality: A Bargain Not Kept
The fatal blow to MA's foundation budget: health-care costs
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Ohio's K-12 system slips from 5th to 11th, but that's beside the point
Yesterday, Education Week unveiled its 15th annual “Quality Counts” rating of state school systems, with Ohio earning a B- and ranking 11th nationally.
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Slow and Uneven Progress in Narrowing Gaps
This report by the Center on Education Policy looks at student progress in the years since the implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.
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Resetting Race to the Top: Why the Future of Competition Depends on Improving the Scoring Process
In this policy brief, TNTP lauds Race to the Top for spurring more statewide reform last year in education “than in the previous two decades,” attributing its success to the clear priorities and guidance for applicant states, and the transparency established by making applications available for public review.
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The Promise of Cafeteria-Style Benefits for Districts and Teachers
The education community has long emphasized that “one size does not fit all” for students, but what about for teachers? In a new white paper, The Promise of Cafeteria-Style Benefits for Districts and Teachers, researchers from CRPE propose customizing teachers’ benefit plans as a cost-stabilizing measure for districts.
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New teacher contract in the Queen City
After a year of “tedious” negotiations, strong recommendations from The New Teacher Project, and a considerable amount of hype (mostly from board
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Ignoring our own advice
A recent report from our colleagues at the Fordham Institute’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Are Bad Schools Immortal?, shows the folly of school turnaround efforts – only 1.4 percent of district schools and less than 1 percent of charters that have underg
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On track to be a math powerhouse by??? 2070?
Doctors, lawyers, and … teachers? If Democrats for Education Reform gets its way, this list of occupations will no longer prompt the question of which one doesn’t belong.
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How states can stretch the school dollar
Fifteen clear and specific ideas for the budget battles to come
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Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress Financial Allocation Study for Texas 2010 (FAST)
Stellar results with small budgets? Five stars for some Lone Star schools!
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States??? Progress and Challenges in Implementing Common Core Standards
Still we?re left asking, ?now what??
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Shut Out of the Military: Today???s High School Education Doesn???t Mean You???re Ready for Today???s Army
Another indication of our education system?s low expectations
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Briefly Noted: The cast of Jersey Shore would be disappointed
A market emerges in South Africa while another re-emerges in Virginia