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How Middle Schools Hurt Student Achievement
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports on a new Education Next study showing that, at least in New York City, attending a standalone middle school rather than a K-8 school has a big negative impact on student achievement and attendance rates.
What do Americans think of the Nation’s Schools? How Widespread is the Support for Charter Schools?
Education Next and Phi Delta Kappan both released their annual polls last week. When it comes to evaluations of the nation’s schools and assessments of charter schools, they report results that are strikingly similar.
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Middle Schools Fail Kids, Study Says
09/01/10 | The Wall Street Journal
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A new study by Jonah Rockoff and Benjamin Lockwood finds that students in New York City attending standalone middle schools score lower on standardized tests than students of the same age who attend K-8 schools. The study appears in the Fall 2010 issue of Ed Next.
Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools
08/30/10 | NPR
Behind the Headline
from the EdNext Archives
Education Next
While the city of New Orleans is 40% white, many of its schools are over 95% black. An NPR story looks at how some schools are trying to enroll more diverse student bodies. In a forum that appears in the Fall 2010 issue of Ed Next, Susan Eaton and Steve Rivkin discuss the impact of desegregation on student learning.
- Stuck in the Middle
How and why middle schools harm student achievement
By Jonah E. Rockoff and Benjamin B. Lockwood
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Podcast: Jonah Rockoff talks with Education Next.
- Meeting of the Minds
The 2010 EdNext-PEPG Survey shows that, on many education reform issues, Democrats and Republicans hardly disagree
By William Howell, Paul E. Peterson and Martin West
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Video: Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the survey.
- The 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey
Complete Results
By William Howell, Paul E. Peterson and Martin West
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Academic discipline or instrument of personal change?
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Can citizens tell a good school when they see one?
By Matthew M. Chingos, Michael Henderson, and Martin West
- Is Desegregation Dead?
Parsing the relationship between achievement and demographics
By Susan Eaton and Steven Rivkin
How and why middle schools harm student achievement
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Podcast: Jonah Rockoff talks with Education Next.
The 2010 EdNext-PEPG Survey shows that, on many education reform issues, Democrats and Republicans hardly disagree
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Video: Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the survey.
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