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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

By Education Next   06/12/2013

Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical

Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about her new autobiography, ‘Radical: Fighting to Put Students First.’

By Education Next   04/30/2013

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.

By Education Next   04/29/2013

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.

By Education Next   03/13/2013

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.

By Education Next   12/14/2012

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.

By Education Next 12/12/2012

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.

By Education Next   11/20/2012

Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools

Mike Petrilli talks with Nate Levenson about getting by with smaller school budgets.

By Education Next   10/19/2012

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.

By Education Next   09/05/2012

Ed Next Book Club: Michael Horn on Disrupting Class

Mike Petrilli talks with Michael Horn about disruptive innovation in education.

By Education Next   08/16/2012

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   01/19/2012

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: 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   01/17/2012

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.

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.

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 07/19/2011

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.

By Education Next   07/13/2011


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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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