Category: Standards
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Disrupted: Public-education Reform in the Nation’s Capital
The District of Columbia Public Schools have undergone one of the most ambitious, most controversial, and most successful, school reform campaigns in the nation.
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How Obama Got Schooled
Under pressure from right and left, the president signed away hard-won federal power over K-12 education and gutted his own reforms, even as they were working.
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Rethinking the Carnegie Unit
By stressing the amount of time students spend in the classroom rather than their mastery of subjects, the Carnegie Unit masks the quality of teaching and learning in the nation’s schools and colleges. But alternatives aren’t simple.
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On Student Motivation
In an era of rising academic standards, more kids than ever will struggle. But research suggests new ways to help them thrive in the face of adversity.
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The Importance of Common Core Standards to Disadvantaged Students
The opposition the Common Core is about adult issues, not what’s best for students, especially disadvantaged students, who traditionally haven’t been taught anything resembling the Common Core in public education.
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Producing the Smartest Kids in the World
Other countries’ schools outperform ours by following a philosophy that is—or ought to be—very American: innate talent is less important than sheer drive.
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Common Core Standards: Putting Students First
Critics of the Common Core State Standards are putting put adult interests ahead of students’
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The Quarterly Report: Big Questions for America’s Schools
An on-camera discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of today’s school reform movement
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Teaching Wars: What Students Should Learn
Two school reform titans of an earlier era inform today’s debate over what students should learn and how they should be taught.
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Who Rules? The Fight Over The Federal Role in Education
The national drive for education reform has touched off many power struggles, but the fight over the federal role in education has emerged as fundamental.