On Winning (and Losing) the National Spelling Bee
The 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place next week. Marty West of Ed Next spoke with George Thampy, who won the bee in 2000, about what that was like.
What We’re Watching: WSJ on Romney’s Pro-Choice Education Plan
Mitt Romney’s education reform platform is discussed by the Wall Street Journal’s David Feith.
What We’re Watching: Good Teachers Boost Students’ Future Pay
Harvard professor John Friedman discusses his study on the use of value-added analysis and the effects a high-value-added teacher can have on students’ future earnings.
What We’re Watching: Reform School – New Series by ChoiceMedia.TV
Jay Greene and Joe Williams discuss the role of the federal government in education in the pilot episode of a new show.
What We’re Watching: The 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger
NPR’s Tiny Desk Kitchen series looks at the surprising ingredients that go into a hamburger served in a school cafeteria.
What We’re Watching: Education Reform for the Digital Era
John Chubb, Bryan Hassel, Mark Bauerlein, Eleanor Laurans, and Mike Petrilli discuss whether digital learning is education’s latest fad or its future at a Fordham Institute event held last week.
What We’re Watching: Education Reform for the Digital Era
On Thursday, April 19 from 9:00-10:30 am we’ll be watching a live webcast of the Fordham Institute’s webinar event on digital learning.
What We’re Watching: The Tartans
This 13-minute documentary by the Fordham Foundation describes the challenges and successes of a rural Appalachian charter school.
What We’re Watching: Short Circuited
The benefits and challenges of bringing online learning into California classrooms are explored in this video from the Pacific Research Institute.
What We’re Watching: Lunchtime in America
The Fordham Institute’s Rejected Super Bowl XLVI Commercial – Lunchtime in America
What We’re Watching: The Chicago VIVA Project
In Chicago, individual teachers are working with policymakers to figure out how to use a longer school day to improve student learning.
What We’re Watching: Education Could Be ‘Greatest National Security Challenge’
In this PBS interview, Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein discuss the new report by the task force they chair linking education to national security.
What We’re Watching: Another Solution to Crime
David Deming talks with the Wall Street Journal about how school choice programs in North Carolina have reduced criminality among high risk males.
What We’re Watching: Khan Academy – The Future of Education
Khan Academy was featured on 60 Minutes last night. Founder Sal Khan laid out his goals: to revolutionize the way teachers teach and students learn.
What We’re Watching: Teacher Test Scores Go Public
Eric Hanushek talks with the Wall Street Journal about why teachers’ value-added scores should be made public.
What We’re Watching: Weighing the Waivers
On Friday, March 2 from 9:00-10:30 am we’ll be watching a live webcast of the Fordham Institute’s forum on NCLB waivers.
What We’re Watching: David Gergen on TFA and Teachers Unions
David Gergen talks with Bob Bowdon of Choice Media TV about Teach for America.
What We’re Watching: Rethinking Education Governance with Chris Cerf
Chris Cerf, acting commissioner of education in New Jersey, speaking at the Fordham Institute on the role of governance in improving education outcomes.
What We’re Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year
Panelists at this AEI event, moderated by Rick Hess, discussed the outlook for federal education policy in 2012.
What We’re Watching – Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education
In this TED talk, Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy. In the spring issue of Ed Next, June Kronholz looks at two school districts working with Khan Academy to boost math achievement.
What We’re Watching: Whose Side Are You On? The NAACP Sues Charter Schools
Choice Media TV looks into why the NAACP joined a lawsuit to evict charter schools from buildings they share with traditional district schools in New York.
What We’re Watching: Creating Opportunity Schools
The Mind Trust’s CEO discusses bold school reform plans for Indianapolis Public Schools.
What We’re Watching: Has the Accountability Movement Run Its Course?
On Thursday, Jan. 5 from 8:30-10:00 am we’ll be watching a live webcast of the Fordham Institute’s forum on accountability, starring Eric Hanushek, Charles Barone, Sandy Kress, and Mark Schneider.
Terry Moe on Teacher Union Power
Terry Moe talks with Eric Hanushek about his recent book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools.
Adding Education and Growth to Deficit Talks
Eric Hanushek and Terry Moe talk about using education policy to improve long-term growth and reduce deficits.
