Governance and Leadership
The Turnaround Fallacy
Stop trying to fix failing schools. Close them and start fresh.
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Fraud in the Lunchroom?
Federal school-lunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty
Governance and Leadership
What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?
We get more minority teachers and test scores rise
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Accountability Overboard
Massachusetts poised to toss out the nation's most successful reforms
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New York City’s Education Battles
The mayor, the schools, and the "rinky-dink candy store"
Governance and Leadership
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 29) about Wake County, North Carolina, where voters earlier this month elected new school board members who have pledged to undo the county’s controversial policy of assigning students to schools based on income (to achieve diversity).
Voters Choose Neighborhood Schools over Socioeconomic Diversity
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 29) about Wake County, North Carolina, where voters earlier this month elected new school board members who have pledged to undo the county’s controversial policy of assigning students to schools based on income (to achieve diversity).
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Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 22) about wishful thinking in the education reform community. Do school reformers need to temper their enthusiasm about the reform du jour?
The Nobel Committee Isn’t the Only One Giving Speculative Prizes
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 22) about wishful thinking in the education reform community. Do school reformers need to temper their enthusiasm about the reform du jour?
Governance and Leadership
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 14) about education politics in Washington, D.C., where Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee recently fired 229 teachers.
Will Michelle Rhee Triumph?
Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 14) about education politics in Washington, D.C., where Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee recently fired 229 teachers. 
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The Persuadable Public
The 2009 Education Next-PEPG Survey asks if information changes minds about school reform.
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Evaluation of D.C. Voucher Program
Video: Patrick Wolf talks with Education Next about his "gold standard" evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about the likely future of that program.
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“Data and accountability will drive the behaviors that you want to see,” Carey Wright says in exit interview
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State teacher-license prep materials peddle a debunked theory
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The pandemic and race dominate the discussion—for a second year.
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Can schools narrow the gap?
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