Green Dot Takeover

The Locke school story leaves questions unanswered

The Locke school story leaves questions unanswered

Academic Value of Non-Academics

The case for keeping extracurriculars

The case for keeping extracurriculars

If Nothing Ever Changes, Then the Teaching Profession Will Never Change

When I heard that President Obama had proposed for $30 billion dollars to be directed toward teachers, I got excited at what this money could do to help develop quality evaluation systems or create innovative pay structures to encourage talented teachers to stay in the classroom.

The Flipped Classroom

Online instruction at home frees class time for learning

Online instruction at home frees class time for learning

The New Superintendent of Schools for New Orleans

A conversation with John White

A conversation with John White

Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?

The latest on each state’s international standing

 
The latest on each state’s international standing

Getting At-Risk Teens to Graduation

Blended learning offers a second chance

Blended learning offers a second chance

Photos: Additional images of Performance Learning Centers (PLCs) in Hampton and Richmond, Virginia.

The Bruce Randolph Rorschach Test

Poor Bruce Randolph School. First, President Obama praises the school. Then Diane Ravitch cited the school as an example of “statistical legerdemain.” And now, Paul Tough uses Randolph as an example of excuse-making and says students “deserve better.” Who’s right?

Cautionary Tale

Authors recount NCLB’s tortured history

Review of Schoolhouse of Cards by Eugene Hickok and Collision Course by Paul Manna

Khan Academy: Not Overhyped, Just Missing a Key Ingredient – Excellent Live Teachers

Rick Hess was right to question the simplistic hyping of Khan Academy’s online video lectures. But we think he’s only got it half-right: it’s less a matter of OVER-hyping than MIS-hyping the true potential of what Khan is doing

Teachers Swap Recipes

Educators use web sites and social networks to share lesson plans

Educators use web sites and social networks to share lesson plans

High Schoolers in College

Dual enrollment programs offer something for everyone

Dual enrollment programs offer something for everyone

Valuing Teachers

How much is a good teacher worth?

How much is a good teacher worth?

Assessing New York’s Commissioner of Education

With Steiner’s sudden resignation, will the state continue its Race to the Top?

With Steiner’s sudden resignation, will the state continue its Race to the Top?

The Case Against Michelle Rhee

How persuasive is it?

How persuasive is it?

Catholic Ethos, Public Education

How the Christian Brothers came to start two charter schools in Chicago

How the Christian Brothers came to start two charter schools in Chicago

New Schools in New Orleans

School reform both exhilarated and imperiled by success

School reform both exhilarated and imperiled by success

Does Whole-School Performance Pay Improve Student Learning?

Evidence from the New York City schools

Evidence from the New York City schools

By Sarena Goodman and Lesley Turner     Journal, On Top of the News, Research, School Spending  

Pyrrhic Victories?

The following essay is part of a forum, written in honor of Education Next’s 10th anniversary, in which the editors assessed the school reform movement’s victories and challenges to see just how successful reform efforts have been. For the other side of the debate, please see A Battle Begun, Not Won by Paul E. Peterson, [...]

All Together Now?

Educating high and low achievers in the same classroom

Educating high and low achievers in the same classroom

The Middle School Mess

If you love bungee jumping, you’re the middle school type

If you love bungee jumping, you’re the middle school type

Teaching Math to the Talented

Which countries—and states—are producing high-achieving students?

Which countries—and states—are producing high-achieving students?

Truants

The challenges of keeping kids in school

The challenges of keeping kids in school

High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social Studies Teachers Think and Do

Remarkably little has been written about the state of citizenship education in our schools. Pollsters/analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett have delivered an invaluable service in their new study “High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social Studies Teachers Think and Do.”

Stuck in the Middle

How and why middle schools harm student achievement

How and why middle schools harm student achievement

By Jonah E. Rockoff and Benjamin B. Lockwood     Homepage, Inside Schools, Journal, On Top of the News, Research  
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