Features

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Toothless Reform?

If the feds get tough, Race to the Top might work

High School 2.0

Can Philadelphia’s School of the Future live up to its name?

By Dale Mezzacappa  

In the Wake of the Storm

How vouchers came to the Big Easy

By Michael B. Henderson  

Books

Total Student Load

Review of William Ouchi’s The Secret of TSL

As reviewed By Eric Hanushek
Dedicated, Decorated, and Disappointing

Review of Rafe Esquith’s Lighting Their Fires

As reviewed By Liam Julian  
Tale of Two Cities

Review of Gerald Grant’s Hope and Despair in the 
American City

As reviewed By Nathan Glazer  

Book Alert

Briefs

Charter High Schools

Promising results from charters that educate teens

Strange Bedfellows

Students find unexpected ally in the Christian Right

Finding Time for Tennis and Thoreau

My online education

By Brett Ellen Keeler  

Correspondence

Spring 2010 Correspondence

Readers Respond

By Education Next  

Forum

Gender Gap

Are boys being shortchanged in K–12 schooling?

By Richard Whitmire and Susan McGee Bailey  

Check the Facts

Quality Counts and the Chance-for-Success Index

Narrowing its scope to factors schools can control would give the measure greater value

By Margaret Raymond and the CREDO team  

Research

What Happened When Kindergarten Went Universal?

Benefits were small and only reached white children

By Elizabeth U. Cascio  

The Unknown World of Charter High Schools

New evidence suggests they are boosting high school graduation and college attendance rates

By Kevin Booker, Tim R. Sass, Brian Gill and Ron Zimmer  

Press Releases

New Study Finds State Funded Universal Kindergarten Provides Some Benefits for White Students but no Positive Impact for African American Students

Large state investments in universal early-childhood education programs do not necessarily yield clear benefits for more disadvantaged students

Large state investments in universal early-childhood education programs do not necessarily yield clear benefits for more disadvantaged students

Published March 3, 2010 8:55 am | Last Edited:March 2 11:29 am

Charter Schools Show Increased Rates of High School Graduation and College Enrollment, According to New Study

In the first-ever analysis of the impacts of charter school attendance on educational attainment, educational researchers find that attending charter high schools is associated with higher graduation rates and college attendance.

Published February 10, 2010 10:16 am | Last Edited:February 10 1:20 am

Voucher Supporters Achieve Political Success in Louisiana

In a decade in which many school voucher programs have been limited or rolled back in Washington, DC, Utah, Arizona, and Florida, the Louisiana legislature in 2008 passed a new voucher program for New Orleans. In 2009-10, the second year of the voucher program, 1,324 New Orleans students attended 31 private schools using vouchers with a maximum value of over $7,000.

Published January 27, 2010 9:00 am | Last Edited:January 27 9:01 am

Race to the Top Offers Last Chance to Salvage Stimulus Spending

As states catch their breath after rushing to meet the January 19 deadline for submitting applications for the first round of Race to the Top grants, education researcher Andy Smarick of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute warns that the administration must take steps to ensure that Race to the Top funds are spent in ways that promote reform.

Published January 19, 2010 8:34 am | Last Edited:January 19 8:36 am

New Education Next Forum: Are Boys Being Shortchanged in K-12 Schooling?

After decades of concern that girls were being shortchanged in male-dominated schools, there has grown a rising chorus of voices worrying about whether boys are the ones in peril. Richard Whitmire, author of Why Boys Fail, and Susan McGee Bailey, principal author of the 1992 report How Schools Shortchange Girls debate whether schools are now shortchanging boys.

Published January 15, 2010 9:00 am | Last Edited:January 15 9:03 am

Quality Counts Grades Unfair to Poor States, Researchers Argue

As Education Week magazine prepares to release its annual report card for states, Quality Counts 2010, education researcher Margaret Raymond and a team of researchers from CREDO at Stanford University warn that one set of grades on the report card is not reliable.

Published January 12, 2010 7:50 am | Last Edited:January 14 10:49 am
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