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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

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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

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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?

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Podcast: Jason Kamras, deputy to D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in charge of human capital, talks with Education Next about the new teacher evaluation system put in place in D.C.
New Teacher Evaluation System in D.C. Includes Test Scores

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Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week about Education Secretary Arne Duncan's recent speech, the future of federal education spending, and making NCLB's successor tighter about ends and looser about means.
Will the Federal Role in Education Double?

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Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk about Caroline Hoxby's random assignment study of student achievement in charter schools in New York City.
Charter Schools Narrow Achievement Gaps in New York City

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Podcast: Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. gab about NCLB this week, and consider whether the law will be reauthorized by 2014, which is the deadline for all students to achieve proficiency.
What Congress Is Not Working On

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Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. discuss the week’s education news, including an announcement that a charter school in Massachusetts has signed a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers, an agreement that includes merit pay.
Charter Schools, Unions, and Linking Teachers with Student Achievement Data

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Podcast: Peter Meyer tells Education Next how the city of Albany hit the jackpot: high-quality charter schools, and lots of them.
Charter Schools in Albany

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Courts and School Spending
Podcast: Michael Rebell talks with Education Next about the role courts can play in ensuring educational adequacy