It’s not quite time to celebrate for Ohio. The Buckeye State’s NCLB waiver was approved by the federal government, contingent on implementing a tougher school grading system.
For all the talk of gaps in achievement, opportunity, and funding between ethnic and racial groups in American education, a different divide may also be splitting our schools and our future. In his acclaimed and controversial recent book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, scholar/pundit/provocateur Charles Murray describes a widening class schism.
For more than 20 years Teach for America has been working to help teach children in some of America’s toughest schools. Yet, this school year will be the first time TFA will have teachers in the Buckeye State.
Reforming pay for teachers can benefit both educators and their students.
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.
Should schools receive 100 percent (or 0 percent) ratings for closing achievement gaps? Under Ohio's proposed accountability system some schools do.
The Southern Regional Education Board's call for a fair system of funding for charters is an encouraging sign.
The Department of Education announced the latest wave of NCLB waivers this week, br
Fordham's latest report estimates the costs of implementing the Common Core State Standards.
Yes, let’s find ways to drive better discussions in the classroom. But let’s also recognize that what makes those discussions work in America’s elite private schools is that they are built atop of solid foundation of rigorous content and hours and hours of practice.
After having been asleep at the switch for two years, states should be busy looking to finish the job they started when they adopted the standards—to add the 15 percent atop the Core where they can provide the guidance teachers need to drive outstanding, CCSS-aligned instruction.
Competitive effects need real competition. Go figure!
Step one: Admit there’s a problem
Yet another NEPC straw man
Faced with the need to cut staff, but prevented by last-in, first-out requirements from axing the lousiest educators, Newark is looking to follow NYC’s lead and pay its way out of the problem by buying out low-performing teachers with its Mark Zuckerberg-donated cash.
The Common Core standards have the potential to help put Dayton, Ohio and the country on a path toward higher achievement.
A new report from Fordham takes a look at Common Core implementation from the front lines.
Would unionized charter schools be good for students?
Drop-out recovery charter schools annually serve about 20 percent of Ohio’s charter students but have never been held accountable for the performance of their students.
The Common Core standards have the potential to help put Dayton, Ohio and the country on a path toward higher achievement.
A recent report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) takes a look at the major accountability themes proposed by the 27 states in the second round, focusing on common themes among these states.
The New Teacher Project's (TNTP) Greenhouse Schools considers the link between a school’s instructional culture and both teacher retention and student achievement.
A report released by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education advances the discussion about quality teacher evaluations and professional development.
