Education’s Fiscal Cliff, Real or Perceived?
Daniela Fairchild, Greg HutkoCharter schools: Underfunded after all these years
A testimony on the Common Core standards
Kathleen Porter-MageeThe following is Kathleen Porter-Magee's testimony to the Wisconsin State Legislature on the Common Core standards
Longing for the Holy Grail
Adam EmersonJeff Murray vividly reminds us what it's like to lose the school-choice lottery
No longer a boy’s world: Boys and special education
Aaron ChurchillWayward Sons, a recent report published by the policy think tank the Third Way, finds that the average girl’s educational and career outcomes have improved over time, while boys tend to be faring worse.
Losing the school choice lottery and what it means for one family
Jeff MurrayYesterday, I spent all day hitting the Refresh button on my email account. Probably 653 times. Why? Because the one school that we wanted for our children for next year was to announce its lottery results to those lucky few who would be chosen. 12 or 13 slots for sixth grade, out of an application pool of several hundred (wish I knew exactly how many).
Video of "Always Reformed, Always Reforming" event now available
Kevin PackDid you miss Ohio's recent event? A video is now available!
Religious schools, the ADA, and the Justice Department
Adam EmersonThe Justice Department has taken school-voucher policy to unstable ground
Half empty or half full: Superintendents' views on Ohio's education reforms
Steve Farkas, Ann DuffettThis report is based on the responses to an online survey conducted in Spring 2013 with 344 school district superintendents in Ohio. The survey covered seven education policies, specifically: Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluations, the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, open enrollment, A-to-F ratings for schools and districts, individualized learning (blended learning and credit flexibility), and school choice (charter schools and vouchers). It also included several questions on general attitudes towards school reform in Ohio and two trend items. Download today to discover the key findings!
Pandering beats hostage-taking
The Education GadflyWhen a Michigan House committee approved a measure that would allow students to skip Algebra 2 if they instead take a tec
By the Company It Keeps: The U.S. Department of Education
This interview with the United States Department of Education is the third and final installment in our Common Core testing consortia series
By the Company It Keeps: Smarter Balanced
The second installment of the testing-consortia series is a conversation with Smarter Balanced
By the Company It Keeps: PARCC
The inaugural installment of By the Company It Keeps, an interview series with some of ed reform’s most important contributors
Trashing Success
Terry RyanThe Dayton Early College Academy (DECA) is Dayton’s highest performing high school (district or charter), but is being trashed by a Columbus organization.
Voucher lessons in the Louisiana decision
John HortonWith potential tactics still in play to sustain the voucher expansion, it is likely that this ruling will simply be a pothole on the road to voucher expansion in Louisiana
What Does It Really Mean to Be College and Work Ready? The Mathematics and English Literacy Required of First Year Community College Students
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.Low standards, low expectations
Choices and Challenges: Charter School Performance in Perspective
Adam EmersonA tricky line of research gets worthy treatment
The first step is admitting you have a problem
The Education GadflyOur Gadfly readers won’t
Louisiana vouchers need more to grow
Adam EmersonAbout 8,000 children had already been promised vouchers for next year when the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled its method of funding unconstitutional
Portfolio management in the suburbs
Adam EmersonFew school systems have embraced a crisis of opportunity quite like the school system in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Coalition of high performing charter schools discusses laws with Senate
Angel GonzalezA coalition that included high performing charter schools from Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee’s Education Subcommittee on May 7th.
Limitless: Education, The Reynoldsburg Way
Terry Ryan, Ellen BelcherA profile feature article about the Reynoldsburg City School District
Fordham’s Terry Ryan testifies in the Senate Finance Committee with high achieving charter school leaders
Angel Gonzalez, Jeff MurrayAs the charter movement enters its third decade, it is imperative that policymakers and legislators understand the perspective of those schools that have succeeded in providing their students with a quality education.
How facility funding fails charter schools
Adam EmersonDespite the surge in charter enrollment, charters still largely direct money from instruction, classroom support, and administration to their facilities
Can MOOCs rescue teacher PD?
Aaron ChurchillAt the least, MOOCs can stop the rising cost of PD—and, at best, could improve it
Conservatives and the Common Core
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Enough with the trash talk
Gales are blowing and defenses are up
The Education GadflySnaps to Gov.
The state of charter authorizing
This report is great data on a critically important field
Pearson crosses a line
Kathleen Porter-MageeIt’s open season on Pearson, the corporation everyone loves to hate—but this time, though they have crossed a serious line, far too many state leaders and reformers are holding their fire