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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ed Next Book Club: David Whitman’s Sweating the Small Stuff
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with David Whitman about paternalistic schools.
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: Gene Maeroff’s School Boards in America
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ed Next Book Club: Richard Kahlenberg’s Tough Liberal
Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Richard Kahlenberg about his biography of Al Shanker.
Audio Excerpt: NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
Podcast: An audio excerpt from “NurtureShock” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
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.
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.
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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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