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Poll Finds Growing Support for Charter Schools
Video: Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey.
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Grade Configuration Matters
Podcast: Jonah Rockoff talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that when students move to a middle school, their academic achievement declines substantially relative to students who continue to attend a K-8 school.
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Brighter Choice Charter Schools
Photos: Additional images of the Brighter Choice Charter Schools in Albany, NY.
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Poll Finds Growing Support for Charter Schools
Video: Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey.
Is Austin, Texas As Good As It Gets?
Video: Nathan Glazer talks with Education Next about Larry Cuban’s new book, As Good As It Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin.
Accountability Comes to Physical Education
Video: As policymakers call on schools to help combat childhood obesity, Education Next takes a close look at an innovative P.E. class that holds students accountable for how long and how hard they work out.
Poll Reveals Bipartisan Support for Education Reform
Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey, which finds support among both Democrats and Republicans for test-based accountability, merit pay, and charter schools.
How Good Are Parents at Rating Schools?
Video: Marty West talks with Education Next about a new Harvard study that finds that parents grade their local schools based on student achievement, not minority enrollment.
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Podcast Archive
Grade Configuration Matters
Podcast: Jonah Rockoff talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that when students move to a middle school, their academic achievement declines substantially relative to students who continue to attend a K-8 school.
Math Wars Have Their Day in Court
Podcast: Josh Dunn talks with Education Next about a state court ruling overturning a decision by the Seattle school board to adopt a progressive math curriculum.
Learning from Great Teachers
Podcast: Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion, and Steven Farr, author of Teaching as Leadership, talk with Education Next about their efforts to identify what great teachers are doing in the classroom and to share these techniques with new teachers.
Race to the Top Round 2
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about how many states are likely to win Race to the Top grants and whether politics will come into play.
Common Standards Remarkably Uncontroversial
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about the politics and economics of the Common Core standards.
After Bucking Unions, Obama Administration Breaks Ranks with Civil Rights Groups over Charter Schools
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about why civil rights groups have been reluctant to embrace charter schools, even as a new Ed Next poll shows that support for charters is rising among minority parents.
Audio Excerpt: NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Podcast: An audio excerpt from “NurtureShock” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Virtual Education and Common Core Standards
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about whether common standards create economies of scale for virtual learning products.
Bang for the Buck from Race to the Top
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (June 16) about why $4 billion in prize money is causing so many states to enact reforms and whether those reforms will stick.
Teacher Bailout Bill, R.I.P.?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about the belt-tightening that will hopefully take place if the $23 billion edujobs bill dies in Congress.
No Child Left Behind and Student Achievement
Podcast: Tom Dee talks with Education Next about why it is so tricky to assess the impact of NCLB on student learning and about his new study, which finds that NCLB had its greatest impact in earlier grades and in math.
Will the Common Core Standards Set the Bar High Enough?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (May 12) about how state proficiency standards in reading and math have changed over time and whether the Common Core standards effort will lead to higher expectations for students.
Why Is Race to the Top Rewarding States With Low Proficiency Standards?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (May 6) about why Tennessee and Delaware, which received very low scores in a new evaluation of state proficiency standards, nonetheless were the big winners of round 1 of Race to the Top.
Audio Excerpt: The Dumbest Generation
An audio excerpt from “The Dumbest Generation” by Mark Bauerlein
Do U.S. Students Spend Enough Time Learning?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (April 21) about whether American kids need a longer school day, a longer school year, more time on task, or more customized learning experiences.
Florida Governor Vetoes School Reform Bill
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (April 15) about why Florida governor Charlie Crist vetoed a bill passed by the legislature that said that teachers should be paid based on performance and districts should be able to dismiss ineffective teachers more easily.
Audio Excerpt: The Black-White Achievement Gap
Podcast: An audio excerpt from “The Black-White Achievement Gap” by former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige
Struggles at the School of the Future
Podcast: Dale Mezzacappa talks with Education Next about lessons school reformers can learn from the public school that Microsoft helped design and launch in partnership with the Philadelphia school district.
Will NCLB be reauthorized this year?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (March 23) about whether Republicans are likely to work with Democrats on reauthorization.
Saving Schools, Then and Now
Podcast: Paul Peterson talks about his new book, Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning, in an interview with Education Next’s Mike Petrilli.
The New Normal for Federal Education Spending
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about whether the federal share of education spending is likely to remain at 15 percent and whether the $1 billion bonus for reauthorizing ESEA this year is likely to be awarded.
Choice and Residential Segregation
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about a new Fordham Institute report identifying 2800 public schools that only prosperous kids can attend. A more choice-based public school system, such as the one endorsed by a new Brookings Institution report, would provide more opportunities for poor kids to attend better schools, they note.
Audio Excerpt: Inside Urban Charter Schools by Kay Merseth
Podcast: An audio excerpt from Kay Merseth, et al.’s book, “Inside Urban Charter Schools”
Audio Excerpt: Why Boys Fail by Richard Whitmire
Podcast: An audio excerpt from Richard Whitmire’s new book “Why Boys Fail”
Race to the Top Forecast
Podcast: Andy Smarick and Joe Williams (Democrats for Education Reform) discuss efforts to ensure that Race to the Top funds are used to promote reform.
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Brighter Choice Charter Schools
Photos: Additional images of the Brighter Choice Charter Schools in Albany, NY.
May 2009 Rally for DC Voucher Program
Photos: Images from the May 2009 rally for the DC Voucher Program held in Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.
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