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Charter Schools
Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement in KIPP Schools
KIPP schools shine even under rigorous evaluation
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Modernizing the State Education Agency: Different Paths Toward Performance Management
Several SEAs around the country are more actively helping troubled schools districts
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Schools Open Doors to New E-Learning Rules, Ideas: Quality Control a Challenge for Virtual Ed.
Concern about the quality of virtual schools
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Pension fix will cause painful unintended consequences
Despite reforms, Ohio's teacher pension system still has flaws
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Close reading of text: Has the Pioneer Institute misread the Common Core?
A look at the Pioneer Institute's recent report, "How Common Core’s ELA Standards Place College Readiness At Risk"
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Charter Schools
The twilight of the unionized charter school?
The demise of the first teacher union at a Massachusetts charter school raises questions about whether unions and charters are ever a good fit
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Curriculum & Instruction
“The Writing Revolution” may just be a reading revolution (with thanks to E.D. Hirsch)
The "maestro of curricular content" weighs in on the startling success of a writing program
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Charter Schools
Florida school choice—great, but could be better
The case for overhauling charter authorizing in the Sunshine State
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Curriculum & Instruction
Third-grade reading guarantee: Is money the answer?
The state board considers $105 million in spending on the third-grade reading guarantee.
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Principal Concerns: Leadership Data and Strategies for States
Priming and pumping the principal pipeline
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We now return to our regularly scheduled programming
Sunday’s surprise move by the Chicago Teachers Union to keep kids locked out of class for an extra two days as delegates deliberated over a contract they would soon accept seemed gratuito
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Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction
Show ponies and workhorses
While the education show goes on in Chicago, Ohio's workhorses plow ahead
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Charter Schools
L.A. school board considers an irresponsible—and illegal—charter moratorium
A plea for common sense
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Charter Schools
Systems over substance: Why top-down teacher evaluation reforms are unlikely to boost student achievement
Where education reform has lost its way
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Charter Schools
Chicago union chief shows some panic over charters
CTU President Karen Lewis took aim at the city’s charter schools, and it’s not surprising.
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The evaluation system at the heart of the Chicago strike
The CPS proposal is more thoughtfully crafted and balanced than the rhetoric suggests
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Charter Schools
A preposterous critique of the Brookings voucher study
NEPC misses the mark in its review of Matt Chingos and Paul Peterson's research
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