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What Education Can Learn From Kung Fu 27 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm
Last week, The Learning Accelerator, a non-profit that supports the implementation of high-quality blended learning in American school districts, announced its first district-wide pilot for blended le...
Charter “Restarts” Offer Alternative to Closing Failing Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
When a charter school doesn’t uphold its end of the charter bargain—autonomy for accountability—and fails to produce strong student learning, must closing the school be the only option? Scattering its...
Expanding College Opportunities 26 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
Ask any high school student in a well-heeled suburban community around the United States the best strategy for applying to college, and chances are you’ll hear something like this: apply to several sc...
Behind the Headline: Why I Spent 10th Grade Online 26 Aug 2013 | 07:18 am
On Top of the News Why I Spent 10th Grade Online 8/25/13 | Washington Post Behind the Headline The Transformational Potential of Flipped Classrooms Summer 2013| Education Next In the Washington Po...
By the Company It Keeps: Jean-Claude Brizard 23 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
I met Jean-Claude Brizard almost four years ago when he was leading the school district of Rochester. After talking to him for about an hour, I was so impressed that I became convinced he was destined...
Can Education Polls Be Scientific? Or Is It All Interest Group Politics? 22 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
Three polls have come out within the past week: the Education Next (EdNext) poll, the Associated Press poll (about which I have commented previously), and, now the Phi Delta Kappan (PDK) poll, publish...
Equity Trumps Excellence 22 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
An axiom of American education policy is that it waxes and wanes between equity and excellence. And these rhythms are attuned to the business cycle. Take the Elementary and Secondary Education Act an...
A Majority of Public Supports Common Core, but Opposition is Growing 21 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
Contact: Paul E. Peterson, ppeterso@gov.harvard.edu, 617-495-8312 (7976), or 617-495-7976, Harvard University Michael B. Henderson, mbhendel@olemiss.edu, 662-915-5417, University of Mississippi Ash...
The 2013 Education Next Survey 21 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
Although opposition to Common Core education standards is growing, an overwhelming majority of Americans remain supportive of these standards. A majority also back government funding of preschool educ...
The Public Supports Accountability and Common Core Standards 21 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
While many in state capitols and Washington, D.C. are placing bets against state and national accountability systems that range from No Child Left Behind to Common Core State Standards, the public rem...
