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What We’re Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year

Panelists at this AEI event, moderated by Rick Hess, discussed the outlook for federal education policy in 2012.

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What We’re Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year

Panelists at this AEI event, moderated by Rick Hess, discussed the outlook for federal education policy in 2012.

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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.

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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: Education Policy in an Election Year

Panelists at this AEI event, moderated by Rick Hess, discussed the outlook for federal education policy in 2012.

By Education Next  


What We’re Watching – Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education

In this TED talk, Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy. In the spring issue of Ed Next, June Kronholz looks at two school districts working with Khan Academy to boost math achievement.

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What We’re Watching: Whose Side Are You On? The NAACP Sues Charter Schools

Choice Media TV looks into why the NAACP joined a lawsuit to evict charter schools from buildings they share with traditional district schools in New York.

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What We’re Watching: Short Circuited

The benefits and challenges of bringing online learning into California classrooms are explored in this video from the Pacific Research Institute.

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What We’re Watching: Creating Opportunity Schools

The Mind Trust’s CEO discusses bold school reform plans for Indianapolis Public Schools.

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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.

By Education Next 01/18/2012

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.

By Education Next   11/29/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Paul Peterson’s Saving Schools

Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson about six great education heroes.

By Education Next   11/10/2011

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.

By Education Next Jay P. Greene 09/27/2011

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.

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.

By Education Next   09/15/2011

A New Leader for New Orleans

Podcast: John White talks with Education Next about his goals for the Recovery School District.

By Peter Meyer 09/02/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Rick Hess’ The Same Thing Over and Over

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Rick Hess about his magnum opus.

By Education Next   08/16/2011

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

By Education Next   08/02/2011

GOP Candidates on Education

Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss education policy and the Republican candidates for president.

Grounds for Dismissal

Podcast: Eric Hanushek and Marty West discuss two new studies that look at teacher dismissals.

By Martin West 07/19/2011

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.

By Education Next   07/13/2011

Ed Next Book Club: David Whitman’s Sweating the Small Stuff

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with David Whitman about paternalistic schools.

By Education Next   06/15/2011

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.

By Education Next   06/02/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Gene Maeroff’s School Boards in America

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.

By Education Next   05/09/2011

Ed Next Book Club: John Merrow’s The Influence of Teachers

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author John Merrow about his book—and what he’s learned from the countless hours he’s spent as a reporter in America’s classrooms.

By Education Next   04/25/2011

More Lecturing, More Learning

Podcast: Guido Schwerdt talks with Ed Next about his new study finding that students learn more math and science when their teachers devote more time to lecturing and less time to problem-solving activities.

By Guido Schwerdt 04/19/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Alexander Russo’s Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Alexander Russo about his book on Locke High School and Green Dot’s efforts to turn it around.

By Education Next   04/18/2011

Taking the Measure of Michelle Rhee

Podcast: Paul Peterson analyzes two new reports on Michelle Rhee’s performance as D.C.’s Schools Chancellor and describes his new findings on the gains made by D.C. students.

By Paul E. Peterson 04/11/2011

How Valuable Is an Effective Teacher?

Podcast: Rick Hanushek talks with Ed Next’s Paul Peterson about his new study estimating the economic impact of teachers who produce higher than average gains in student learning.

By Eric A. Hanushek 04/05/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Richard Kahlenberg’s Tough Liberal

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Richard Kahlenberg about his biography of Al Shanker.

By Education Next   03/29/2011

Audio Excerpt: NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

Podcast: An audio excerpt from “NurtureShock” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

By Po Bronson   03/22/2011

Ed Next Book Club: Dan Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School?

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with psychology professor Dan Willingham about his book, which is organized around nine questions a teacher could ask a cognitive scientist.

By Education Next   03/14/2011

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.

By Peter Meyer 03/01/2011


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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 [...]

By Education Next 12/02/2011

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

By Education Next 10/26/2011

Performance Learning Centers

Photos: Additional images of Performance Learning Centers (PLCs) in Hampton and Richmond, VA.

By Education Next   08/11/2011

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.

By Education Next   03/15/2011

Catalyst Schools

Photos: Additional images of the Catalyst Schools in Chicago.

By Education Next   02/25/2011


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