Features
A Courageous Look at the American High School
The legacy of James Coleman
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?
In the Wake of the Storm
How vouchers came to the Big Easy
Books
Total Student Load
Review of William Ouchi’s The Secret of TSL
Dedicated, Decorated, and Disappointing
Review of Rafe Esquith’s Lighting Their Fires
Tale of Two Cities
Review of Gerald Grant’s Hope and Despair in the American City
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
Correspondence
Spring 2010 Correspondence
Readers Respond
Forum
Gender Gap
Are boys being shortchanged in K–12 schooling?
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
Research
What Happened When Kindergarten Went Universal?
Benefits were small and only reached white children
The Unknown World of Charter High Schools
New evidence suggests they are boosting high school graduation and college attendance rates
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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