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Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:43:25 +0000

Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit Interesting day at AEI last week. Hosted a lively discussion on "Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy," looking at what the year ahead holds for education in Washington and nationally. I was joined by a wickedly smart crew that featured Democrats for Ed Reform chief Joe Williams; ED's Peter Cunningham; Katherine [...]

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Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: In the Digital World, Every District Can Compete with Every Other

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:31:25 +0000

Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: In the Digital World, Every District Can Compete with Every Other In Utah, new legislation has given school districts the opportunity to attract high school students from throughout the state to their online course offerings. Any time a high school student takes a course from a district other than the one where they live, a portion of Utah’s state aid shifts from the home district to [...]

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Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Progress Seen at City's 'Turnaround' Schools

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:20:30 +0000

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Progress Seen at City's 'Turnaround' Schools On Top of the News Progress Seen at City's 'Turnaround' Schools Chicago Tribune | 2/9/12 Behind the Headline The Big U-Turn Education Next | Winter 2009 In Chicago, an evaluation of the city’s aggressive efforts to turn around failing schools is spurring heated debate over whether the gains seen in turnaround schools are signficiant and whether the approach should be [...]

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David J. Deming wrote a new blog post: Does School Choice Reduce Crime?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:02:10 +0000

David J. Deming wrote a new blog post: Does School Choice Reduce Crime? Evaluations of school-reform measures typically focus on the outcomes that are most easily quantified, namely, test scores, as a proxy for long-term societal benefit. But there are at least two reasons we might want to look beyond test scores and other school-based outcome measures. First, there is evidence that schools facing accountability pressures may be able [...]

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External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: School Choice Program Found to Reduce Crime and its Related Social Cost Among High-Risk Youth

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:01:48 +0000

External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: School Choice Program Found to Reduce Crime and its Related Social Cost Among High-Risk Youth CONTACT: David J. Deming david_deming@gse.harvard.edu Harvard University Janice B. Riddell janice_riddell@hks.harvard.edu External Relations, Education Next School Choice Program Found to Reduce Crime and its Related Social Cost Among High-Risk Youth High-risk middle- and high-school students who transfer to their preferred school are less likely to be arrested and spend less time incarcerated, pointing to impact of school choice CAMBRIDGE, MA – A [...]

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Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: The Right Role for the Federal Government

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:53 +0000

Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: The Right Role for the Federal Government When school districts are failing, what should the federal government do? A) give districts money? B) deny districts funds? C) subject districts to tight regulations? D) force districts to compete for federal dollars by promising to improve? E) tell the truth while insisting parents be given a choice of school? Policymakers have responded to this, [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: What We're Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: What We're Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year What do the 2012 elections hold for education? A panel discussion at AEI last week took a closer look:

The 2012 election cycle is off and running, with big implications for America's schools. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) awaits reauthorization. The Obama administration is implementing new regulations targeted at for-profit colleges. Standoffs between the [...]

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Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst wrote a new blog post: Let the Dollars Follow the Child

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:04:18 +0000

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst wrote a new blog post: Let the Dollars Follow the Child Washington is at a crossroads on K–12 education policy. Policymakers can 1) continue down the path of top-down accountability; 2) devolve power to states and districts, thereby returning to the status quo of the mid-1990s; or 3) rethink the fundamentals, do something different, and empower parental choice. The federal government’s involvement in K–12 education has [...]

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External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: Experts Envision New Federal Role Advancing Equity and Choice in Education

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:40 +0000

External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: Experts Envision New Federal Role Advancing Equity and Choice in Education Education Next News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst gwhitehurst@brookings.edu Brookings Institution Janice B. Riddell (203) 912-8675 janice_riddell@hks.harvard.edu External Relations, Education Next Experts Envision New Federal Role Advancing Equity and Choice in Education NCLB reauthorization offers possibility for federal redirection, if it focuses on providing parents more accurate information and greater choice rather than requiring top-down compliance CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Hoover [...]

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Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: Obama's Coming 'Flexibility' Debacle

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:59:41 +0000

Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: Obama's Coming 'Flexibility' Debacle An announcement on education waivers is anticipated this week. Don't expect the reaction to be positive, for it appears that the President and his education secretary will renege on their promise of "flexibility" for the states. This would be a big change in a short period. Through most of 2011, the Obama Administration reaped accolades [...]

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A. Graham Down wrote a new blog post: When Will Curriculum Supplant Textbooks?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:16 +0000

A. Graham Down wrote a new blog post: When Will Curriculum Supplant Textbooks? Tyranny of the Textbook: An Insider Exposes How Educational Materials Undermine Reform By Beverlee Jobrack (Rowman and Littlefield, 248 pp., $35) The problem of the textbook in American pre-collegiate education--how it is used, the vagaries associated with the adoption process, the superficiality of most textbooks--is by no means new. As Beverlee Jobrack points out, many of [...]

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btucker wrote a new blog post: Digital Textbooks, OER, and More from Digital Learning Day

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:40 +0000

btucker wrote a new blog post: Digital Textbooks, OER, and More from Digital Learning Day Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski made the Obama Administration’s big announcement at Wednesday’s Digital Learning Day festivities: the release of a “ digital textbook playbook ” to support the goal of ensuring that every student has a digital textbook in the next five years. The playbook is a helpful resource, the federal involvement helps to legitimize these efforts, [...]

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Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Straight Up Conversation: Departing Kasich Edu-Advisor Bob Sommers on Reform in Ohio

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:02:21 +0000

Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Straight Up Conversation: Departing Kasich Edu-Advisor Bob Sommers on Reform in Ohio For the past year, Bob Sommers served as newly elected Ohio Governor John Kasich's education advisor and helped to spearhead the Governor's reform efforts. This put Sommers in the thick of things during a year when Ohio enacted an ambitious agenda, including legislation that curtailed collective bargaining (and that was overturned in a heated referendum [...]

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Chester E. Finn, Jr. wrote a new blog post: Jack Jennings and a Half-Century of School Reform

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:36:02 +0000

Chester E. Finn, Jr. wrote a new blog post: Jack Jennings and a Half-Century of School Reform Jack Jennings started working on federal education policy in December 1967, about eighteen months before I did. He's never stopped—and few have wielded greater influence. For the past seventeen years (a history that roughly parallels Fordham's), he's led a small but influential Washington-based ed-policy think tank called the Center on Education Policy (CEP). He's now [...]

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Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: K-12 Marketplace Sees Major Flow of Venture Capital

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:04:32 +0000

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: K-12 Marketplace Sees Major Flow of Venture Capital On Top of the News K-12 Marketplace Sees Major Flow of Venture Capital Education Week | 2/1/12 Behind the Headline Fueling the Engine Education Next | Summer 2010 The flow of venture capital into the K-12 education market has exploded over the past year, reaching its highest level in a decade, reports Katie Ash in Education Week. Rick Hess wrote [...]

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Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: Parent Power, Teacher Power, Local Power, and a Word from Michelle Rhee

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:45:41 +0000

Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: Parent Power, Teacher Power, Local Power, and a Word from Michelle Rhee In case you missed them, a few notable events from the last month (or so): An amazing story from Erik Robelen at Education Week begins…

Overriding the governor’s veto, New Hampshire’s Republican-led legislature has enacted a new law that requires school districts to give parents the opportunity to seek alternatives to any course materials they find objectionable. [...]

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Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: The Test Score Hypothesis

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:33:09 +0000

Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: The Test Score Hypothesis The entire school reform movement is predicated on a hypothesis: Boosting student achievement, as measured by standardized tests, will enable greater prosperity, both for individuals and for the country as a whole. More specifically, improving students’ reading, math, and science knowledge and skills will help poor children climb out of poverty, and will help all [...]

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Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Stop Burning NY's Special Ed Dollars

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:34 +0000

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Stop Burning NY's Special Ed Dollars On Top of the News Stop Burning NY's Special Ed Dollars New York Post | 2/1/12 Behind the Headline The Case for Special EducationVouchers Education Next | Winter 2010 Former State Assemblyman Michael Benjamin makes the case for special ed vouchers in New York City in an op-ed appearing in today's Post. Jay Greene and Stuart Buck explained how special [...]

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btucker wrote a new blog post: The Countryâs Most Ambitious Digital Learning Project

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:18:57 +0000

btucker wrote a new blog post: The Country’s Most Ambitious Digital Learning Project Educators from coast-to-coast will celebrate the nation’s first Digital Learning Day on Wednesday. Amidst the cool technology demonstrations, shiny gadgets, and debates about online learning, it’s essential not to overlook the country’s most expensive — and perhaps most ambitious — initiative to use digital technology. Just under 18 months ago, the U.S. Department of Education awarded over $330 [...]

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admin wrote a new blog post: What We're Watching - Salman Khan: Let's Use Video to Reinvent Education

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:14 +0000

admin wrote a new blog post: 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 , a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures [...]

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Education Next | Site Wide Activity

Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Carrots, Sticks, & the Bully Pulpit

Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: In the Digital World, Every District Can Compete with Every Other

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Progress Seen at City's 'Turnaround' Schools

David J. Deming wrote a new blog post: Does School Choice Reduce Crime?

External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: School Choice Program Found to Reduce Crime and its Related Social Cost Among High-Risk Youth

Paul E. Peterson wrote a new blog post: The Right Role for the Federal Government

admin wrote a new blog post: What We're Watching: Education Policy in an Election Year

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst wrote a new blog post: Let the Dollars Follow the Child

External Relations, Education Next wrote a new blog post: Experts Envision New Federal Role Advancing Equity and Choice in Education

Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: Obama's Coming 'Flexibility' Debacle

A. Graham Down wrote a new blog post: When Will Curriculum Supplant Textbooks?

btucker wrote a new blog post: Digital Textbooks, OER, and More from Digital Learning Day

Frederick Hess wrote a new blog post: Straight Up Conversation: Departing Kasich Edu-Advisor Bob Sommers on Reform in Ohio

Chester E. Finn, Jr. wrote a new blog post: Jack Jennings and a Half-Century of School Reform

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: K-12 Marketplace Sees Major Flow of Venture Capital

Peter Meyer wrote a new blog post: Parent Power, Teacher Power, Local Power, and a Word from Michelle Rhee

Michael Petrilli wrote a new blog post: The Test Score Hypothesis

Education Next wrote a new blog post: Behind the Headline: Stop Burning NY's Special Ed Dollars

btucker wrote a new blog post: The Countryâs Most Ambitious Digital Learning Project

admin wrote a new blog post: What We're Watching - Salman Khan: Let's Use Video to Reinvent Education

btucker wrote a new blog post: The Countryâs Most Ambitious Digital Learning Project