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Cleveland’s on the rise. Chicago?…not so much.
Times are tough for the nation’s largest union: Fresh off Scott Walker’s recall victory and a
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A Time for Governing: Policy Solutions from the Pages of National Affairs
The time for tinkering has passed
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Charter Schools
McKay supporters serve up more strident opposition to accountability
Imagine, for a moment, a policy that allows learning-disabled students to take their share of federal IDEA funds to the public or private schools of their choice. It’s outlandish to suppose that we would discontinue the use of state assessments given to most of these students. But that’s the reality in Florida.
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Charter schools increasingly tapping bond markets
The growth in capital available to schools from private investors is an underrated success story for the charter movement.
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How much will the Common Core change education?
Mike Petrilli joined Susan Headden on Minnesota Public Radio this morning to discuss how much the Common Core will actually change education.
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Lessons from the leafy suburbs: Reform may be harder for the rich
Guest blogger Robyne Camp explains why suburban education reform is so challenging.
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An extreme but not surprising reaction to disruptive innovation
A proposed online charter school in North Carolina learns how challenging it is to challenge the status quo.
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Curriculum & Instruction
The fiction fallacy
The Common Core ELA standards are right to takes on one of the most prominent and often fiercely defended fallacies in American education: that fiction is the only—or perhaps even the best—way to develop students’ love of reading, learning, and critical comprehension skills.
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The need for school board leadership
Guest blogger Timothy G. Kremer, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, argues for strong school board leadership in improving student achievement.
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Now is the time to be bold in pushing education reforms in Ohio
Bold reforms are needed in Ohio now more than ever
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Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: A Look “Under the Hood” of Teacher Evaluations in 10 States
Teacher-evaluation-system gourmands
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Born to Rise: A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential
What Harlem Village Academy and Finland have in common
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Tenure and teacher unions have image problems
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker pulled out a solid victory in Tuesday’s recall election, a stinging defeat for organized labor (teacher unions first and foremost) that should embolden other state leaders to take on previously sacrosanct public-employee benefits.
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Creating a charter management organization: Q & A with founder and executive director Andrew Boy
Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) opened in 2008, and it has now launched the newly-formed United Schools Network, a nonprofit charter management organization (CMO).
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Redefining public education to ensure the constitutional right of a quality education for ALL
Guest blogger Darrell Allison, president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, argues for a range of quality education models.
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The right way to develop greenfield schooling
Is universal school choice necessary to encourage innovative models of private education?
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Peering into the future of blended learning
I’ve seen the future of blended learning and it is exciting. The Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust (CEE-Trust) organized visits to three cutting edge schools and Silicon Valley-based education entrepreneurs Junyo and Education Elements.
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Teach for America comes to Southwest Ohio
For more than 20 years, Teach For America (TFA) has taught children in some of America’s toughest schools. In August TFA will have teachers in the Buckeye State for the first time.
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Extreme school ratings: Ohio’s proposed gap closure indicator requires greater scrutiny
The U.S. Department of Education recently granted Ohio relief from No Child Left Behind’s (NCLB) most ponderous mandates.
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Charter Schools
Creating a charter management organization: Q & A with founder and executive director Andrew Boy
Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA) opened in 2008, and it has now launched the newly-formed United Schools Network, a nonprofit charter management organization (CMO).
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From Potential to Action: Bringing Social Impact Bonds to the US
Could educational institutions benefit from SIBs?
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The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation’s Public Schools
Over the past few years, much has been made of students’ “time in learning”— but what about chronic absenteeism?
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