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Peterson and Matthew Chingos published a study in the Summer 2013 issue of Education Next, “The Impact of School Vouchers on College Enrollment,” that found that African-American students benefited the most from receiving vouchers.

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Andy Rotherham, of Bellwether Education Partners; Neal McCluskey, of the Cato Institute; Chester E. Finn, Jr. of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Rick Hess, of American Enterprise Institute; Patricia Levesque, of the Foundation for Excellence in Education; and Jay Greene, of the University of Arkasas, each took a moment to share their thoughts on the Common Core and how it will effect education in America.

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The TED Talks Education one-hour program brings together a diverse group of teachers and education advocates delivering short, high-impact talks on the theme of teaching and learning. These original TED Talks are given by thought leaders including Geoffrey Canada, Bill Gates, Rita F. Pierson and Sir Ken Robinson.

In the talk featured here, Rita Pierson calls on teachers to build better relationships with their students.

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In this installment of the Education Next book club, host Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about becoming Michelle Rhee, what she’s learned over these last tumultuous years, and what she thinks the future holds for education reform in America.

Additional installments of the Ed Next Book Club podcast can be heard here.

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Peterson was joined in the discussion by Heather Gage, Director of the Division of Instruction at the New Hampshire Deptartment of Education, and Laura Hainey, President of the New Hampshire chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.

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In this video, David Steiner, Dean of Hunter College School of Education, and Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University, discuss whether and how the Common Core standards for English language arts will transform learning across the country. The discussion is moderated by Peter Meyer.

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Meredith Liu writes about this and other innovative teacher training programs in “Disrupting Teacher Education: High costs for brick-and-mortar degrees create opportunities for online programs,” in the Summer 2013 issue of Ed Next.

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In the Summer 2010 issue of Ed Next, June Kronholz wrote about the growth of academic bees and bowls like the Scripps National Spelling Bee in “Competition Makes a Comeback.”

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Participants included Mickie Tubbs, principal of a blended learning high school in Los Angeles; John Bailey of Digital Learning Now!; Bill Tucker of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Erin Rubinstein from the Virginia Virtual Academy.

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The forum was moderated by Cynthia G. Brown, Vice President, Education Policy, Center for American Progress, and featured Cami Anderson, Superintendent, Newark Public Schools; Heather Harding, Senior Vice President, Community Partnerships, Teach For America; Allan Odden, Director, Strategic Management of Human Capital Consortium for Policy Research in Education and Director, Strategic Management of Human Capital Consortium for Policy Research in Education; and Bill Baabe, Director, Center for Great Public Schools, National Education Association.

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Following their presentation, Michelle Rhee of Students First shared insights from her time as schools chancellor for Washington, D.C.

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For more on preschool, please read “What Happened When Kindergarten Went Universal,” by Elizabeth Cascio, Ed Next, Spring 2010, and “The Preschool Picture,” by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Ed Next, Fall 2009.

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In this video, Tom Loveless discusses the second study, on the resurgence of ability grouping.

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This is the first in a series of videos featuring Hanushek and Peterson produced by the Hoover Institution.

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Business leaders, pundits, and politicians all seem to agree: America needs to get much better at nurturing innovation if we are to rebuild our economy, expand opportunity, and win a secure future for our children. But what exactly is innovation? And more importantly, how can parents and educators develop it in our young people? What can we learn from young adults of the Millennial generation who themselves are highly successful innovators and entrepreneurs? And what does all of this imply for education policy.

To answer these questions and more, Tony Wagner, the author of The Global Achievement Gap, and the first innovation education fellow at the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard University, interviewed more than 150 people. The result is his acclaimed and commercially successful recent book, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. In today’s edition of the Education Next Book Club, we speak with Tony about his book, innovation, and how schools across the world can help to light the spark of innovation within their students.

Additional installments of the Ed Next Book Club podcast can be heard here.

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James Roldan, a 12th grader from Westminster Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, won second place for his entry Education: America’s Challenge, which looks at how American students compare to their peers in other countries and what could be done to fix things.

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In this video, Eric Smith, Tom Luna, Ulrich Boser and Rick Hess discuss the report card at a forum hosted by the Fordham Institute and moderated by Mike Petrilli.

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