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Commentary
8.7.2012
Charter Schools

Louisiana’s voucher accountability plan demonstrates it is possible to have school choice AND quality control

Adam Emerson

Louisiana's call for a practical accountability system for the state’s voucher program

Commentary
8.7.2012

Trending Toward Reform: Teachers Speak on Unions and the Future of the Profession

David Zheng

Eduction Sector report on the reforms teachers support

Commentary
8.7.2012

No Child Left Behind Waiver: Promising Ideas from Second Round Applications

Bianca Speranza

NCLB second round waiver review

Commentary
8.7.2012

KIPPster of the year award and scholarship go to KIPP Journey student

Congratulations KIPP Journey Academy

Commentary
8.7.2012

Supporting the cause you believe in

Danyell Lewis

A single woman will affect lots of people for years to come. Sandra Crane, a 75-year-old volunteer Sunday school teacher from Michigan, is using her life savings (about $150,000) to build a school in Uganda.

Commentary
8.7.2012
Charter Schools

Lawmakers should keep the Coverdell tax break alive

Adam Emerson

The program, slated to expire at the end of this year, needs more time--and attention--to reach its full potential.

Commentary
8.6.2012
Charter Schools

Nothing to lose: Turn failing schools over to CMOs

Peter Meyer

Michigan's Highland Park School District offers a worthwhile experiment in edu-governance

Commentary
8.6.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Misdirection and self-interest: How Heinemann and Lucy Calkins are rewriting the Common Core

Kathleen Porter-Magee

Instead of a helpful resource, their new book simply defends existing--and poorly aligned--curricular material.

Commentary
8.6.2012
Charter Schools

Attempting to solve financial disaster by outsourcing schools – is Ohio next?

Bianca Speranza

A perfect storm of low enrollment, poor fiscal management, and some of the worst academic results in the state prompted Highland Parks Public Schools to take bold action.

Commentary
8.3.2012

Poverty and schools: Finally, some lights go on

Peter Meyer

The pendulum might be swinging, ever-so-slightly, toward the believers (in school)

Commentary
8.3.2012
Charter Schools

Vouchers, good intentions, and the trouble that comes with them

Adam Emerson

Here's hoping that private schools in Louisiana won't be bullied out of their desire to serve disadvantaged students

Commentary
8.2.2012

Current testing scandal is an opportunity to improve Ohio’s education accountability system

Terry Ryan

Current testing scandal is an opportunity to improve Ohio’s education accountability system

Commentary
8.1.2012

The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in America’s Urban Schools

Daniela Fairchild

Erudite yet common-sensical, this latest from TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project) explains in great d

Commentary
8.1.2012

Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Loss Aversion: A Field Experiment

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

The upside-down approach to merit pay

Commentary
8.1.2012

No Child Left Behind Waiver: Promising Ideas from Second Round Applications

Bianca Speranza

Jeremy Ayers : waivers :: Andy Smarick : RTTT

Commentary
8.1.2012

When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

Ben Bennett

A layman’s guide

Commentary
8.1.2012
Advanced Education

Education takes off: Rocketships and high flyers abound

The Education Gadfly

Aggressive marketing campaigns have led to an

Commentary
8.1.2012

Why teachers are under the microscope

Aaron Churchill

As a group, future teachers don't fare so well on standardized tests

Commentary
8.1.2012

Speaking truth to power

Guest blogger Melanie Kurdys reflects on her experience on a school board in the latest installment of the Board's Eye View Challenge

Commentary
8.1.2012

Weighted-student funding can work for Michigan

Adam Emerson

Why Michigan should support Governor Rick Snyder's efforts to reform school funding

Commentary
7.31.2012

Failing to learn the lessons of success

John Horton

Why South Carolina must look to Louisiana's Recovery School District.

Commentary
7.30.2012

Fair fight? When a religious group takes over a public school system

Peter Meyer

Local control, special interests, and the East Ramapo, New York schools

Commentary
7.27.2012

Blended learning: innovating the teaching process

Aaron Churchill

Fordham welcomes Anthony Kim, blended learning pioneer, to Ohio

Commentary
7.27.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Assignment desk: CCSS Math curriculum rankings

Kathleen Porter-Magee

The golden opportunity provided by the “K-8 Publishers Criteria for the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.”

Commentary
7.27.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Twenty-first-century skills, part II: What would Ben Franklin say?

Peter Meyer

Who better to speak to contemporary American youth than one of the nation’s most prolific inventors and entrepreneurs?

Commentary
7.26.2012
Charter Schools

The Louisiana teacher union employs a shameful tactic to stop school vouchers

Adam Emerson

The Louisiana teachers union can’t get the courts to stop private schools from enrolling voucher-bearing students this fall, so they’ve taken to threatening the schools with litigation.

Commentary
7.26.2012

3 lessons learned on school spending

Chris Tessone

Chris Tessone bids farewell to Stretching the School Dollar

Commentary
7.25.2012
Charter Schools

Louisiana gets voucher accountability right

Adam Emerson

Putting the sliding scale into practice

Commentary
7.25.2012
Curriculum & Instruction

Will Common Core revive content-driven instruction?

Kathleen Porter-Magee

If it happens, thank E.D. Hirsch

Commentary
7.25.2012

Achievement Growth: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance

Daniela Fairchild

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

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