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
Accountability Comes to Physical Education
Video: As policymakers call on schools to help combat childhood obesity, Education Next takes a close look at an innovative P.E. class that holds students accountable for how long and how hard they work out.
Advocating for Arts in the Classroom
Academic discipline or instrument of personal change?
Academic discipline or instrument of personal change?
EdNext Poll Shows Civil Rights Groups Out of Touch on Charters
Support for charters among the public at large has remained relatively stable since 2008. Among African Americans, however, support has increased from 42 percent to 64 percent. Meanwhile, Hispanic support for charters has increased from 37 percent to 47 percent. It is puzzling, then, that a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations last week issued a statement criticizing the Obama administration’s current emphasis on chartering as a strategy to turn around low-performing schools.
Is Desegregation Dead?
Parsing the relationship between achievement and demographics
Parsing the relationship between achievement and demographics
Toothless Reform?
If the feds get tough, Race to the Top might work
If the feds get tough, Race to the Top might work
Luck of the Draw
Charter school lottery brings joy and heartbreak
Review of The Lottery (2010), Directed by Madeleine Sackler
Invisible Ink in Teacher Contracts
State policy trumps collective bargaining
State policy trumps collective bargaining
School Reform Hits the Big Screen
Why 2010 is a banner year for the education documentary
Why 2010 is a banner year for the education documentary
The Long Reach of Teachers Unions
Using money to win friends and influence policy
Using money to win friends and influence policy
An Effective Teacher in Every Classroom
A lofty goal, but how to do it?
A lofty goal, but how to do it?
Competition Makes a Comeback
Academic bees and bowls attract top students
Academic bees and bowls attract top students
State Standards Rise in Reading, Fall in Math
Most state standards remain far below international level, with Tennessee, a Race to the Top Winner, at the very bottom
Most state standards remain far below international level
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Fueling the Engine
Smarter, better ways to fund education innovators
Smarter, better ways to fund education innovators
Look in the Mirror
We have the schools we wanted, and now we can’t change them
Review of William A. Fischel’s Making the Grade
Palace Revolt in Los Angeles?
Charter school and Latino leaders push unions to innovate
Charter school and Latino leaders push unions to innovate
High School 2.0
Can Philadelphia’s School of the Future live up to its name?
Can Philadelphia’s School of the Future live up to its name?
Straddling the Democratic Divide
Will reforms follow Obama's spending on education?
Will reforms follow Obama’s spending on education?
Can Catholic Schools Be Saved?
Lacking nuns and often students, a shrinking system looks for answers
Lacking nuns and often students, a shrinking system looks for answers
The School Lunch Lobby
A charmed federal food program that no longer just feeds the hungry
A charmed federal food program that no longer just feeds the hungry
