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Ohio’s “dropout factories”
In 2009, 135 Ohio high schools were identified as “dropout factories” – schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of their students on time.
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Two education gems in the Gem City
Two outstanding high schools will be featured in a report looking at high-performing, high-poverty high schools: Dayton Early College Academy (a charter school) and Stivers Schools for the Arts (a district-operated magnet school).
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Primary Sources: 2012 America’s Teachers on the Teaching Profession
Ever wonder what teachers think about issues such as student and teacher performance and how teachers should be evaluated, rewarded, and supported?
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U.S. Education Reform and National Security
The claim that our nation’s schools too often fail to educate enough students to high levels of achievement is a bit of a broken record.
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Move over banned books and birthdays, Will.i.am just entered the (education reform) arena
Birthdays, dinosaurs, and other potentially frightening or exclusive topics are now banned from NYC tests. AT&T Aspire, specifically launched to confron
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Charter Schools
Fear and loathing, from the school board to the statehouse
The mainstream resistance to school choice is increasingly characterizing the education reform debate as students versus profits.
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Charter Schools
Placing boundaries on what is boundless
The Evergreen Education Group gives us more evidence that districts may be unwilling to give up their authority over online learning easily.
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Charter Schools
Strange political bedfellows coming together around Cleveland’s school-reform efforts
As bold as Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's plan is, even more audacious is the political coalition that seems to be coalescing around it.
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The top governance challenge in US education: online learning
John Chubb asks if local boards should continue to control student access to instruction on the Internet.
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Missing the mark on evolution
Don’t miss Paul Gross’s latest piece on the neglect of evolution in state science standards.
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Charter Schools
Accountability and voucher politics in the Pelican State
Governor Bobby Jindal’s school voucher proposal for Louisiana has been dragged into the familiar politics of parental choice.
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Bush saves Romney from Etch A Sketch hell!
The former Florida governor is still hard at work reforming education.
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Better Schools Through Better Politics: The Human Side of Portfolio School District Reform
School closures get a little easier to handle
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Charter Schools
The Future of School Integration: Socioeconomic Diversity as an Education Reform Strategy
The Left likes choice—just not too much choice
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Philadelphia’s Renaissance Schools Initiative: 18 Month Interim Report <em>and</em> Turning Around Low-Performing Schools in Chicago
Finally some student-achievement data on turnarounds
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From SIG to surveys, a little skepticism is in order
Arne Duncan was only missing a "Mission Accomplished" banner on Monday when he announced that the Administration’s
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Allan Odden offers praise, caution for Harrison pay-for-performance plan
The Harrison (CO) School District’s compensation plan, profiled in a recent Fordham report, represents another of yet a few compensation plans that totally redesign the actual teacher salary schedule. The Harrison plan reflects the kind of new teacher salary schedule I have been recommending for nearly two decades.
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Ohio’s "dropout factories"
In 2009, 135 Ohio high schools were identified as "dropout factories" – schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of their students on time.
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Charter Schools
How do we empower parents?
Guest blogger John Kirtley, chairman of Step Up for Students, answers Board's Eye View's BIG question: "What's the most important governance issue?"
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Charter Schools
Choice and competition in the name of national security
It's not A Nation At Risk, but today's Council on Foreign Relations report on US education reform and national security makes bold statements on our progress toward higher educational standards and enhanced school choice.
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Do teachers want traditional pensions?
Maybe not, is the answer from a recent poll of New York State teachers conducted by the Empire Center.
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Ohio is falling behind in the competition for education talent
Ohio is in a competition for excellence in education, and despite some wins along the way we risk falling further behind some of our smarter and more nimble competitors.
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Charter Schools
A burden comes with higher D.C. charter projections
Projections show that charter schools may grow to educate nearly half of D.C. public school students, but that milestone means they'll have to stop resorting to the expulsion of troubled students so quickly.
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Can we trust school districts to deliver?
Guest blogger Harold Kwalwasser is the author of the inaugural post in Board's Eye View's series, "The BIG Question: What’s the most important education governance issue?"
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Curriculum & Instruction
In building common science standards, not all benchmarks are created equal
A look at the merits of the science frameworks for the PISA, TIMSS, NAEP, and ACT.
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New York archdiocese experiments to stay viable
The Archdiocese of New York announced this week that it would reshape the authority over its financially troubled Catholic school system, and its action should give advocates for Catholic education everywhere a reason to feel optimistic.
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Governor Kasich’s latest education proposals: So far, so good
Governor Kasich's revealed his mid-biennium budget and so far it looks pretty good.