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What We’re Watching: NCLB Sanctions and Student Achievement
AEI hosted a forum on No Child Left Behind, focusing on the role sanctions play in improving student achievement
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What We’re Watching: NCLB Sanctions and Student Achievement
AEI hosted a forum on No Child Left Behind, focusing on the role sanctions play in improving student achievement
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Ed Next Book Club: Sarah Carr on Hope Against Hope
Mike Petrilli talks with Sarah Carr about school reform in New Orleans
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Learning from the International Experience: Conference Photos
In August 2011, Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance co-hosted a conference to examine whether U.S. students are ready to compete in a global economy. Speakers included federal, state, and local policymakers, as well as education professionals and academics from the U.S. and abroad. Below is a collection of more than [...]
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What We’re Watching: NCLB Sanctions and Student Achievement
AEI hosted a forum on No Child Left Behind, focusing on the role sanctions play in improving student achievement
What We’re Watching: How to Solve the Teacher-Pension Problem
On Thursday, Fordham hosted No Way Out? How to Solve the Teacher-Pension Problem.
What We’re Watching: Core Knowledge Curriculum in Action
The Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum, being piloted in elementary schools in New York City, gives students a broad base of background knowledge in addition to decoding skills.
What We’re Watching: Pilot Episode of EdReform News
The pilot episode of EdReform News, produced by DFER-IL, looks at the impact of school choice for African American families.
What We’re Watching: New Schools Panel on Games and MOOCs
Panel on the role that educational games and MOOCs can play in improving education and increasing student options.
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Ed Next Book Club: Sarah Carr on Hope Against Hope
Mike Petrilli talks with Sarah Carr about school reform in New Orleans
Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical
Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about her new autobiography, ‘Radical: Fighting to Put Students First.’
What We’re Listening To: Paul E. Peterson on the Common Core
Ed Next’s Paul E. Peterson was a guest on New Hampshire Public Radio to discuss the Common Core.
Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators
Mike Petrilli talks with Tony Wagner about how schools can light the spark of innovation within their students.
Ed Next Book Club: Andy Smarick on The Urban School System of the Future
Mike Petrilli talks with Andy Smarick about alternatives to urban school districts.
What We’re Listening To: Mike Petrilli and Josh Starr on Whether the Brightest Students Are Being Challenged
Ed Next’s Mike Petrilli was a guest on What’s the Big Idea? a podcast hosted by Josh Starr, superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, Md.
Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments
Mike Petrilli talks with David Cohen about the depressing track record of efforts to improve teaching and learning.
Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools
Mike Petrilli talks with Nate Levenson about getting by with smaller school budgets.
Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed
Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Tough about his new book on the role of grit in success.
Ed Next Book Club: Michael Horn on Disrupting Class
Mike Petrilli talks with Michael Horn about disruptive innovation in education.
Ed Next Book Club: Peg Tyre’s The Good School
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality.
Ed Next Book Club: Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Mike Petrilli talks with Diane Ravitch about her best-selling book and her vision for the future.
Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough’s Whatever it Takes
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough about his book on the Harlem Children’s Zone.
Ed Next Book Club: Chester Finn’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik
Mike Petrilli talks with Chester Finn about the path education reform has taken over the past 40 years and his own path through history.
Ed Next Book Club: Paul Peterson’s Saving Schools
Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson about six great education heroes.
Students in Affluent School Districts Post Mediocre Results
Podcast: Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countries.
Power to the Principals
Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss a study of Chicago principals who were given the power to choose which teachers to fire.
A New Leader for New Orleans
Podcast: John White talks with Education Next about his goals for the Recovery School District.
Ed Next Book Club: Rick Hess’ The Same Thing Over and Over
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Rick Hess about his magnum opus.
NCLB Waivers
Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss efforts by Arne Duncan to give states some leeway with respect to NCLB.
Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s Special Interest
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Terry Moe about teachers unions
GOP Candidates on Education
Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss education policy and the Republican candidates for president.
The Christian Brothers and their Public Schools
Podcast: Peter Meyer reports from Chicago, where two public schools have been launched by a Roman Catholic religious order.
Grounds for Dismissal
Podcast: Eric Hanushek and Marty West discuss two new studies that look at teacher dismissals.
Ed Next Book Club: Jay Mathews’ Work Hard, Be Nice
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Jay Mathews about his book on the founding and early years of KIPP.
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Learning from the International Experience: Conference Photos
In August 2011, Education Next and the Program on Education Policy and Governance co-hosted a conference to examine whether U.S. students are ready to compete in a global economy. Speakers included federal, state, and local policymakers, as well as education professionals and academics from the U.S. and abroad. Below is a collection of more than [...]
School Advocacy Groups
Additional images of school advocacy groups from Education Reform Now, Parent Revolution, and Stand for Children. For more on school advocacy groups see “Not Your Mother’s PTA” by Bruno V. Manno. Education Reform Now Parent Revolution Stand for Children
Performance Learning Centers
Photos: Additional images of Performance Learning Centers (PLCs) in Hampton and Richmond, VA.
Hybrid Schools
Photos: Additional images of the Denver School of Science and Technology, High Tech High in San Diego, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary School in San Jose, and School of One in New York City.
Catalyst Schools
Photos: Additional images of the Catalyst Schools in Chicago.
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