Education Next Issue Cover

Winter 2012 / Vol. 12, No. 1

FEATURES

Academic Value of Non-Academics

The case for keeping extracurriculars

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Features, Homepage, Inside Schools, Journal, On Top of the News  

When the Best is Mediocre

Developed countries far outperform our most affluent suburbs
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View the Global Report Card
View the Methodological Appendix

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Features, Homepage, International, Journal, Standards, Testing, and Accountability  

A Different Role for Teachers Unions

Cooperation brings high scores in Canada and Finland

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Features, Journal, Unions and Collective Bargaining  

The International Experience

What U.S. schools can and cannot learn from other countries
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Photos: Additional images from the Education Next-PEPG Conference

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Features, Homepage, Journal  

Studying Teacher Moves

A practitioner’s take on what is blocking the research teachers need

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Features, Homepage, Journal, Teachers and Teaching  

NOT Your Mother’s PTA

Advocacy groups raise money, voices, hopes
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Photos: Additional images of school advocacy groups

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Features, Homepage, Journal, On Top of the News  

RESEARCH

Poor Results for High Achievers

New evidence on the impact of gifted and talented programs

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Homepage, Journal, Research, Standards, Testing, and Accountability  

FORUM

Unions and the Public Interest

Is collective bargaining for teachers good for students?

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Forum, Homepage, Journal, Unions and Collective Bargaining  

CHECK THE FACTS

BOOK REVIEWS

Green Dot Takeover

The Locke school story leaves questions unanswered

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Books, Journal, On Top of the News, Reviews  

Seeing the Forest Instead of the Trees

Nuance needed when studying teachers unions

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Journal, Reviews  

BRIEFS

Budget Buster

Teachers sue to protect pensions

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Briefs, Journal, The Legal Beat  

“Hedge-Fund Guy” Emails Support to School Reformers

A conversation with Whitney Tilson

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Briefs, Interview, Journal  

The Flipped Classroom

Online instruction at home frees class time for learning

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Briefs, Journal, Technology, What Next  

Low Expectations

An insider’s view of ed schools

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Briefs, Homepage, Journal, School Life, Teachers and Teaching  

Sponsored Results
Sponsors

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

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