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It’s Not Looking Good for ESEA Reauthorization
It’s looking increasingly like Secretary Duncan is going get to keep on enjoying his waivers through January 2017.
Behind the Headline: How to Ensure and Improve Teacher Quality
The New York Times’ Room for Debate page focuses on teacher quality this week.
Behind the Headline: Where Have All The Teachers Gone?
Eric Westervelt of nprED looks into why enrollment in teacher training programs seems to be dropping in many states.
Marriage as a Springboard to the Middle Class
Our focus on college is too narrow because it overlooks other critically important steps on the ladder to the middle class.
Nathan Glazer on Revisiting the Moynihan Report
Fifty years ago the U.S. Department of Labor issued a report that identified a surprising rate of growth in the percentage of African American children born into single-parent families.
America’s Millennials: Overeducated and Unprepared
More time in school is not producing Americans with more or better skills.
Don’t Capitulate To The Credit Hour, Recreate It
A report from the Carnegie Foundation examines the history of the century-old Carnegie Unit and its impact on education reform in K–12 and higher education.
What We’re Watching: Revisiting the Moynihan Report
On Thursday, March 5, Education Next will host an event to discuss the state of the American family on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Moynihan Report.
Can Gifted Education Survive the Common Core?
The advent of the Common Core standards can and should boost the learning of America’s ablest young learners, not serve as a rationale for denying them opportunities to fulfill their potential.
The State-Led ESEA Compromise
A compromise around the idea of accountability for results would require the right to agree to include explicit performance targets and the left to agree to give states greater flexibility in tackling challenges.
What We’re Watching: Measuring and Understanding Education Advocacy
On Wednesday, March 4, from 2-3 p.m., Brookings will host a live online discussion on how advocacy efforts influence education policy.
What We’re Watching: Empowering Parents and Voters for K-12 Education Reform
On Thursday, Feb. 26, Andrew Kelly and Jon Valant discussed new research on parent empowerment.
Memo to Teachers’ Unions: Now Might Be a Good Time to Start Panicking
In Friedrichs, ten California teachers are arguing that agency fees (combined with onerous “opt-out” procedures) violate their rights to freedom of speech and association
No Child Left Behind and Testing Help Hold Schools Accountable
Annual, statewide testing should be saved, and it can be if moderates in both parties fight off special interests.
The Conservative Case for HR 5
The “Student Success Act” would, if enacted, be the most conservative federal education move in a quarter century.
Scott Walker Doesn’t Need a College Degree—And Neither Do You
Employers use college degrees as a proxy for smarts, perseverance, and other valuable skills, but this shortcut unwittingly excludes many talented people from their prospective hiring pool.
Preserving the Federal Role in Encouraging and Evaluating Education Innovation
Increased reliance on competitive grants has been arguably the defining feature of the Obama administration’s K-12 education policy.
What We’re Listening To: Rethinking Standardized Testing
Diane Rehm hosted a discussion of the role of standardized testing on her NPR show last week.
Ed Trust Midwest Report on Michigan’s Charter Authorizers: A Decent Start, But Hardly the Final Word
Charter school quality, authorizer quality, and authorizer accountability are all great topics of conversation for policymakers in Michigan.
What We’re Watching: Can Gifted Education Survive the Common Core?
A Fordham Institute panel on Monday, Feb. 23 considered how the Common Core standards will impact gifted students.
ESEA Testing Proposals in One Picture
NCLB assessments appear safer than I would’ve guessed sixty days ago.
Behind the Headline: Oklahoma May Scrap AP History For Focusing On America’s ‘Bad Parts’
The Oklahoma legislature is considering a bill that would end AP courses in U.S. history in the state.
Behind the Headline: The Rise of Homeschooling Among Black Families
In the Atlantic, Jessica Huseman looks at the reasons more black families are choosing homeschooling among African American families: often because they perceive a culture of low expectations for African American students and are unhappy with how their children—especially boys—are treated in schools.
Behind the Headline: How Common Core Brought Attention To The Math Education Debate
John O’Connor takes a close look at some of the debates that are taking place over how math is taught in states that are implementing the Common Core standards and at the long history of debates over math instruction.
What We’re Watching: Do You Really Need a College Degree to be Successful?
Mike Petrilli tells Fox & Friends it doesn’t matter that Scott Walker never graduated from college.
Behind the Headline: America’s Skills Challenge: Millennials and the Future
A new report from ETS highlights a troubling paradox. While millennials in the U.S. have attended more years of school than previous generations, their skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving are lower than those of previous generations and of their peers in other nations.
One Size Fits Most, Even in the Suburbs
A subset of white, affluent, well-educated parents have long favored progressive education. Alternative schools are a good option for them.
Stop Pitting Technology Against Quality, In-Person Time
Technology can help us redesign schools to allow students to have far more meaningful face-to-face interactions with teachers and peers
What We’re Watching: Are American Schools Just Not Designed to Succeed?
Rick Hess on why school reform could feel stuck, how we got here, and how we can do better.
Behind the Headline: Title I Portability Sticky Wicket in NCLB Rewrite
While the debate over annual testing has gotten a great deal of attention, the issue of Title I portability is emerging as possibly a bigger obstacle to agreement on reauthorization of NCLB, notes Lauren Camera of Politics K-12.
What We’re Listening To: Giving Every Child, Everywhere, a Fair Shot
President Obama weighed in on ESEA reauthorization in his weekly radio address.
Doug Lemov Reveals His Secrets
Doug Lemov’s work identifying what “champion” teachers do has been nothing short of transformational.
Snow Days Show Why Schools, Blended Learning Matter
No, this isn’t another piece about how online learning can allow students to continue to learn even when school is canceled because of snow.
What We’re Listening To: Are States Losing Common Ground on Common Core?
Mike Petrilli, Anne Hyslop, Anya Kamenetz, and Jeannie Metcalf on KCRW’s “To The Point”
Is Common Core Too Hard for Kindergarten?
We can have kindergarten that is both play-based and language-rich. It’s what the best kindergarten teachers have always done.
A Wonky But Important Argument for Annual Statewide Testing
A move away from annual testing would leave many subgroups and more than 1 million students functionally “invisible” to state accountability systems.
Teacher Evaluations: Uncle Sam, Exit Stage Left
The work of teaching is so extraordinarily complex and teachers are so tightly woven into the fabric of school communities that any attempt by faraway federal officials to tinker with evaluation systems is a fool’s errand
What We’re Watching: The Future of Teach For America
AEI hosted a conversation with Elisa Villanueva Beard, the co-CEO of Teach For America.
Behind the Headline: Still Right on the Black Family After All These Years
Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the Moynihan report, which examined the growing problem of fatherless homes among poor, inner-city African Americans.
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