Latest Articles
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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
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An Epidemic of Test Cheating–Two Decades Ago
Cheating on standardized tests is nothing new.
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Education Schools: Deja Vu All Over Again
The crisis in teacher education, circa 1981.
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The Unfinished Agenda of the No Child Left Behind Act
A decade after the signing of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, we’re still a long way from providing all students with a rigorous education.
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Bring the Concept of Value to Higher Education
A major contributing factor to the skyrocketing cost of college is the virtual absence of the concept of value in the higher education marketplace.
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Evaluating Teachers
A panel discussion on the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers
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The Fallacy of ‘Local Control’ in Public Education
The infrastructure constructed over the past three decades to promote a national vision of excellence and equity in public education is in danger of being swept away.
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Vocational Education: The Answer For Boston’s Schools?
A discussion on the role of vocational education in today’s high schools
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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