Latest Articles
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Gates on Teacher Evaluation
The final report of the Gates Foundation’s $45-million study of teacher evaluation make the case for a comprehensive approach to gauging teacher qualilty.
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Past Isn’t Prologue for School Boards
The nation’s emerging educational needs and aspirations require a new and less-influential role for the nation’s 13,600 remaining public school boards.
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For Many, High-Touch Trumps High-Tech
Silicon Valley’s Discovery Prep has state-of-the-art technology. It also has unusually engaged teachers and parents.
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Character Matters
Liberals don’t want to admit it, and conservatives don’t want to pay for it, but building character—resilience, optimism, perseverance, focus—may be the best way to help poor students succeed.
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Charter Schools and Special Education
We need to think abouat charter schools as part of a larger system of public education, not merely as competitors to traditional public schools.
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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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Tackling the College Remedial Education Crisis
A network of community colleges and universities is rethinking remedial math, and achieving impressive early results
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What’s the Best Way to Evaluate Teachers?
How school systems should respond to demands for new teacher evaluation systems
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Waiving Good-bye to Accountability?
Federal policymakers need to give states incentives to raise standards, not lower them