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Obama’s Education Record

Does the reality match the rhetoric?

Cheating the Charters

Political and financial lessons from South Carolina

Putting the Schools in Charge

An entrepreneur’s vision for a more responsive education system

Let the Dollars Follow the Child

How the federal government can achieve equity

Books

More Facts, Fewer Hopes

Evidence fails to sway in testing policies

As reviewed By Mark Bauerlein
Great Teachers in the Classroom?

It depends on raising the competence of a workforce of millions

As reviewed By Nathan Glazer

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Briefs

Edunomics
The Right Role for the Federal Government

Give parents the information they need to pick their school of choice

Mickey Mouse Strikes Back

Voucher wars heat up in Colorado

Taking on New Jersey

A conversation with Chris Cerf

For Digital Learning, the Devil’s in the Details

State planning is key to progress


Correspondence

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Obama’s NCLB Waivers: Are they necessary or illegal?

Education Next talks with Martha Derthick and Andy Rotherham

Check the Facts

Grinding the Antitesting Ax

More bias than evidence behind NRC panel’s conclusions

Research

The Middle School Plunge

Achievement tumbles when young students change schools

Does School Choice Reduce Crime?

Evidence from North Carolina

Press Releases

Policy Obstacles Stall, But Do Not Stop, Progress of Charter Schools in South Carolina

Lessons from past 15 years show difficult political and financial path charter schools face

Published March 1, 2012 12:10 am | Last Edited:March 1 4:11 am

Students who attend middle schools at risk of dropping out of high school

As compared to students in K-8 elementary schools, middle school students also score lower on achievement tests. Losses amount to as much as 3.5 to 7 months of learning

Published February 23, 2012 12:02 am | Last Edited:February 23 12:02 am

School Choice Program Found to Reduce Crime and its Related Social Cost Among High-Risk Youth

High-risk middle- and high-school students who transfer to their preferred school are less likely to be arrested and spend less time incarcerated, pointing to impact of school choice

Published February 9, 2012 12:01 am | Last Edited:February 9 12:01 am

Experts Envision New Federal Role Advancing Equity and Choice in Education

NCLB reauthorization offers possibility for federal redirection, if it focuses on providing parents more accurate information and greater choice rather than requiring top-down compliance

Published February 6, 2012 12:03 pm | Last Edited:February 6 12:06 pm
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