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  

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.

By Education Next     On Top of the News, Video  

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

By Susan Eaton and Steven Rivkin     Courts and Law, Forum, Homepage, Journal, On Top of the News  

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

Authorizing Charters

Helping mom-and-pops in Ohio

Helping mom-and-pops in Ohio

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

View the Underlying Data

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

Surviving a Midlife Crisis

Advanced placement turns fifty

Advanced placement turns fifty

By ANDREW MOLLISON     Features, On Top of the News  

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?

By Dale Mezzacappa     Curriculum, Features, Homepage, On Top of the News, Technology  

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

In the Wake of the Storm

How vouchers came to the Big Easy

How vouchers came to the Big Easy

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

By RON HASKINS     Features, On Top of the News  
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The Hoover Institution at Stanford University - Ideas Defining a Free Society

Harvard Kennedy School Program on Educational Policy and Governance

Thomas Fordham Institute - Advancing Educational Excellence and Education Reform