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The Sheepskin Effect and Student Achievement: Deemphasizing the Role of Master’s Degrees in Teacher Compensation
The wrong way to “differentiate” teacher pay
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Pulling parent triggers: easier said than done
The good guys won the latest round of the interminable saga of the Adelanto parent-trigger case when a California judge
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Curriculum & Instruction
Will Common Core usher in a return to content-driven instruction?
Will the few critical but passing phrases that link the Common Core ELA standards to a content-rich curriculum be enough to drive instructional changes our students so desperately need?
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Redesign the whole thing, from scratch
Guest blogger Dee Selvaggi takes the Board's Eye View Challenge and describes her insights from two decades of involvement with local school boards.
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Business leaders rally around the Common Core
States must move forward with the Common Core, and that business must be a key champion for the effort
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Charter Schools
Charter performance in Ohio, Part 1: The Economist calls out Ohio charters
Ohio charters are gaining an international reputation—but not for the best of reasons.
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Charter Schools
Charter performance in Ohio, Part 2: How do charters fare? Depends on the standard
Have Cleveland’s charters “done badly?” Depends on your standard.
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Ohio schools wading cautiously into teacher-evaluation waters
Nuances or none, all Ohio schools will soon move towards teacher evaluations.
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Report of the state budget crisis task force
The Buckeye State rang in the 2011 New Year with a grand total of 89 cents in its rainy day fund
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Charter Schools
Fulfilling the Compact: Building a Breakthrough, Results- Driven Public Charter School Sector
The charter sector has come a long way and its successes are worth celebrating, yet as this report demonstrates multiple challenges still remain
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Order Up! Reform at the lunch line
The Marietta Family YMCA is getting children excited about fruits and veggies, according to The Marietta Times. Trying new, healthy foods is just one aspect of the Fit Kids program, which includes discussions on portion sizes and doing fun exercises.
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EVENT: Ten Years After NCLB: Is the GOP Moving Forward, Backward, or Sideways on Education?
A decade after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, the GOP stance on education, and particularly federal education policy, is clearly shifting. But in any clear direction? And for the better? To examine those questions, the Fordham Institute will bring together two former GOP education secretaries to debate the Republican Party’s direction on this vital issue.
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Charter Schools
Private school choice AND quality control
Louisiana has shown us that it’s possible to offer private-school choice and control for quality in a way that doesn’t cramp what makes a private school unique.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Twenty-first century skills and poverty: Try Thucydides, Socrates, and Kant
The power of the humanities
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The improvement buck stops with the board of ed
Guest blogger Gene Maeroff takes the Board's Eye View challenge and provides insights from his time on a local school board.
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Business leaders rally around Common Core
Why business leaders must be a key champion for the Common Core
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Complacency and false promises—we can’t afford either
The Obama administration would like to spend $1 billion to improve STEM education
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Pursuing the American Dream: Economic Mobility Across Generations
The good news: Almost everyone’s upwardly mobile
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Pieces of the Puzzle: Factors in Improving Achievement of Urban School Districts
They’re onto something here
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Special Reports on School Improvement Grants
Another day, another report on SIG…and another CEP survey
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Charter Schools
An Accident of History: Breaking the District Monopoly on Public School Facilities
It’s time for some trust-busting
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Ohio wading cautiously into teacher-evaluation waters
Several Ohio districts will be piloting teacher evaluation systems this fall
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The mobility dilemma: Have we lost faith in the power of knowledge?
Schools (should) still matter.
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Charter Schools
How do charters do? Depends on the standard
It matters to whom charters are compared
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Charter Schools
Voucher transparency in the Hoosier State
States like Louisiana could learn a lesson from Indiana's approach to reporting performance.