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
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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
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?
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
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?
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
