Author
Frederick Hess
Articles
Arne Duncan’s Unlearned Lessons
A review of “How Schools Work” by Arne Duncan
Reform is a State of Mind
An excerpt from Letters to a Young Education Reformer
The Long Path to ESSA
An excerpt from “The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States”
What Did Race to the Top Accomplish?
Education Next talks with Joanne Weiss and Frederick M. Hess
Lofty Promises But Little Change for America’s Schools
In July 2009, it wasn’t just about the money. The $4 billion (to be spent over four years) amounted to less than 1 percent of what K‒12 schooling spends each year.
A Breakout Role for Teachers
Excerpts from The Cage-Busting Teacher
Schooling Rebooted
Turning educators into learning engineers
The 2013 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings
The Edu-Scholar Rankings seek to recognize those university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about K–12 and higher education
Combating the ‘Culture of Can’t’
When it comes to reforming American education, school officials have far more freedom to transform, reimagine, and invigorate teaching, learning, and schooling than is widely believed.
Creating a Corps of Change Agents
What explains the success of Teach For America?
Pyrrhic Victories?
The following essay is part of a forum, written in honor of Education Next’s 10th anniversary, in which the editors assessed the school reform movement’s victories and challenges to see just how successful reform efforts have been. For the other side of the debate, please see A Battle Begun, Not Won by Paul E. Peterson, […]
Venture Philanthropy and Investing in Innovation
Video: Frederick Hess talks with Education Next about the best and worst ways to fund innovation.
Fueling the Engine
Smarter, better ways to fund education innovators
The Accidental Principal
What doesn’t get taught at ed schools?
Few States Set World-Class Standards
In fact, most render the notion of proficiency meaningless
Teacher Specialization
Video: Frederick Hess talks with Education Next about reading specialists, den mothers, and teacher pay in the 21st century.
How to Get the Teachers We Want
Specialization would lead to better teaching and higher salaries
The Accreditation Game
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (known broadly as NCATE, pronounced “en kate”) was launched in 1954 by a coalition of professional organizations from across the education community. Previously, teacher-training programs had been accredited by states, regional accrediting bodies, or an association of teacher colleges, each equipped with its own benchmarks and methods […]
Crash Course
NCLB is driven by education politics
What Innovators Can, and Cannot, Do
Squeezing into local markets and cutting deals
The Work Ahead
Does school choice push public schools to improve?
Lifting the Barrier
Eliminating the state-mandated licensure of principles and superintendents is the first step in recruiting and training a generation of leaders capable of transforming America’s schools
Technical Difficulties
Information technology could help schools do more with less. If only educators knew how to use it
Johnny Can Read…in Some States
Assessing the rigor of state assessment systems
Strike Phobia
School boards need to drive a harder bargain