Education Next | Site Wide Activity http://educationnext.org/members/feed Site Wide Activity Feed Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:00:13 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.2.1 en http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-time-poll-results-americans-views-on-teacher-tenure-merit-pay-and-other-education-reforms/ <![CDATA[Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline - TIME Poll Results: Americans' Views on Teacher Tenure, Merit Pay and Other Education Reforms]]> http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-time-poll-results-americans-views-on-teacher-tenure-merit-pay-and-other-education-reforms/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:41:02 +0000 Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline - TIME Poll Results: Americans' Views on Teacher Tenure, Merit Pay and Other Education Reforms On Top of the News TIME Poll Results: Americans' Views on Teacher Tenure, Merit Pay and Other Education Reforms 09/09/10 | TIME Behind the Headline Meeting of the Minds Winter 2011 | Education Next Time magazine has released the results of a new poll on the state of public education in America. The 2010 Education Next-PEPG poll, which addressed [...]

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]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28711 <![CDATA[Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28711 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:06:52 +0000 Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job Corey, you obviously know your stuff -- but I've got two problems with your analysis. First, "main driver of inequality." What does that mean? I know that public schools are not meant to be -- at least, we have found out that they can't be -- the main drivers of social and economic equality, except [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/a-misplaced-race-card/ <![CDATA[Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: A Misplaced Race Card]]> http://educationnext.org/a-misplaced-race-card/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:41:18 +0000 Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: A Misplaced Race Card My jaw did the proverbial drop when I read this opening sentence in a front page story in Sunday’s Albany Times Union : Albany’s charter schools have created a second school system that is almost entirely segregated. Did someone say that Albany was not a reform friendly city?  My jaw was not the only one dropping; Jason Brooks weighed in here. [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28690 <![CDATA[Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28690 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:09:03 +0000 Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job No, not at all "purely" because they buy a better education. But it's sure p0ssible to get a better education if you have the opportunity to choose a better school.

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]]> http://educationnext.org/universal-preschool-by-stealth/ <![CDATA[Chester E. Finn wrote a new blog post: Universal Preschool by Stealth]]> http://educationnext.org/universal-preschool-by-stealth/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:31:53 +0000 Chester E. Finn wrote a new blog post: Universal Preschool by Stealth In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006. This time they won’t have that [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/ravitch-hirsch-willingham-lead-ed-next-top-books-of-the-decade-poll/ <![CDATA[Education Next wrote a new blog post: Ravitch, Hirsch, Willingham Lead Ed Next Top Books of the Decade Poll]]> http://educationnext.org/ravitch-hirsch-willingham-lead-ed-next-top-books-of-the-decade-poll/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:21:50 +0000 Education Next wrote a new blog post: Ravitch, Hirsch, Willingham Lead Ed Next Top Books of the Decade Poll It’s not too late to vote in the Ed Next Top Books of the Decade reader poll!

The leaders right now are

1. Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System

2. E.D. Hirsch, The Knowledge Deficit

3. Daniel Willingham, Why Don’t Students Like School

]]> http://educationnext.org/what-were-watching-new-yorks-rttt-presentation/ <![CDATA[admin wrote a new blog post: What We’re Watching: New York’s RttT Presentation]]> http://educationnext.org/what-were-watching-new-yorks-rttt-presentation/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:40:08 +0000 admin wrote a new blog post: What We’re Watching: New York’s RttT Presentation The U.S. Department of Education has posted on YouTube the presentations made by the Round 2 finalists in the Race to the Top competition.

]]> http://educationnext.org/stretching-the-school-dollar/ <![CDATA[Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Stretching the School Dollar]]> http://educationnext.org/stretching-the-school-dollar/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:40 +0000 Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Stretching the School Dollar (This post also appears on Rick Hess Straight Up .) I know, I know. I'm always kvetching that schools need to do more with less. That superintendents aren't making the tough cuts. And, when they do, that they aren't cutting smart. When folks press me for specific details or suggestions, they want something more than broad discussions [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28514 <![CDATA[Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/#comment-28514 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:11:14 +0000 Peter Meyer commented on the blog post For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job Corey, Better to ask how you get high academic achievement? Wealthy people are not necessarily brighter, but they do know how to buy a good education. The idea behind public education is that you can buy a good education for people who otherwise couldn't afford one. Unfortunately, our public school pedagogy has become so bankrupt [...]

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]]> http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-in-a-new-role-teachers-move-to-run-schools/ <![CDATA[Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools]]> http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-in-a-new-role-teachers-move-to-run-schools/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:43:37 +0000 Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools On Top of the News In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools 09/06/10 | The New York Times Behind the Headline Teacher Cooperatives Spring 2009 | Education Next Five teachers, all veterans of Teach for America, are opening a public school in Newark that will have no principal, just “teacher-leaders.” In the Spring 2009 issue of Ed [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-the-choice-to-be-apart/ <![CDATA[Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: The choice to be apart]]> http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-the-choice-to-be-apart/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:08 +0000 Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: The choice to be apart On Top of the News The choice to be apart 09/07/10 | Albany Times Union Behind the Headline Is Desegregation Dead? Fall 2010 | Education Next In Albany, a city with many outstanding charter schools, 96 percent of students attending charters are black or Hispanic. In the Fall 2010 issue of Ed Next, Susan Eaton and Steve Rivkin discuss [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/ <![CDATA[Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job]]> http://educationnext.org/for-labor-day-school-should-be-a-childs-first-job/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:49:12 +0000 Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: For Labor Day: School Should Be a Child’s First Job I’ve seen poverty in many places around the world, on several different continents, which is why the debate about American education and poverty has always struck me as a little silly.  I mean, how is it possible to throw so much money at our schools and get so little education? You only have to read James [...]

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