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A new concept of what it means to be educated will drive Dayton's economic revival
Innovation in post-secondary technical education key to Dayton's economic growth
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Curriculum & Instruction
First Cleveland, now Columbus: Step one in Mayor Coleman’s focus on improving the city’s schools
Mayor Coleman steps into the education waters
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2011-12 school performance analyses for Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton
Plus, a projection of district performance when the Common Core arrives.
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Curriculum & Instruction
Ohio education leaders hear special ed improvement recommendations
Nate Levenson presents ideas on special education reform
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Curriculum & Instruction
Increasing Young Children’s Contact with Print during Shared Reading: Longitudinal Effects on Literacy Achievement
Researchers measure effect Project STAR has on student literacy
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Curriculum & Instruction
Can Academic Standards Boost Literacy and Close the Achievement Gap?
The implications of adopting Common Core standards
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Principal Concerns: Leadership Data and Strategies for States
How can states improve the talent among their ranks of principals?
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Ohio schools teeter on the edge of proficiency cliff
A forecast of proficiency rates when the Common Core arrives
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Charter Schools
Where is the promised leadership on school choice in Pennsylvania?
Politicians in the Keystone State fail again
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Analysis of Columbus' charter and district schools: With a forecast of PARCC proficiency
Charters improve, district results remain flat; both will struggle when the Common Core arrives in 2014-15.
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Charter Schools
A new business model for Catholic schools amid tough times
Anyone who cares about Catholic education ought to watch what’s happening in Philadelphia, not just because the archdiocese there has turned twenty-one of its schools over to a private foundation, but because that foundation is applying business principles to schools that sorely need them
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The Hangover: Thinking about the Unintended Consequences of the Nation’s Teacher Evaluation Binge
Look before you leap—out of the policy window
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Charter Schools
American Community Survey, Census 2011
A warning bell for private-education continuation
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Curriculum & Instruction
High School Rigor and Good Advice: Setting Up Students to Succeed
Grit is not a four-letter word
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Analysis of Dayton's charter and district schools: With a forecast of PARCC proficiency
Dayton's schools continued their long run of mediocrity in 2011-12.
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I’m going to need a bigger mallet
Relentless distortions of and attacks on the Common Core are reshaping a popular reform into an ideological fight, one that supporters are ill-equipped to win
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Ohio’s fiscal transparency and accountability
Fiscal health measures will enhance any new school grading system
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Charter Schools
The Way of the Future: Education Savings Accounts for Every American Family
ESAs, meet WSF
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Charter Schools
“No Excuses” charter schools: Heed your critics
Even charter opponents have ideas worth hearing
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Charter Schools
D.C. weighs neighborhood preferences for charters
A battle brewing over school boundaries
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Millions more teachers and one hundred Common Core converts
There have been some truly creative (although not necessarily wise) ideas for how to boost student achievement and attendance kicking around this week, from
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Charter Schools
Unions and charters are incompatible
The lesson from the UFT Charter School's recent struggles
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
Do we need a new charter revolution?
Why charter school advocates can't afford to ignore their critics