Disappointment abounds
When I read the headline of this New York Times article (Leaving the City for the Schools, and Regretting It), I was excited – perhaps there was finally an article extolling some of the virtues of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chad Aldeman Discusses Mandatory School Choice in New York and Boston
Chad Aldeman discusses Boston’s and New York’s mandatory school choice programs with Professors Alvin Roth and Atila Abdulkadiroglu, two of the economists who developed them. The choice matching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Non-story in New York’s New Test Results
With headlines like “Test scores down sharply; biggest decline for needy students,” it’s no wonder that politicians are sometimes reluctant to raise educational standards: it can make them look bad....
View ArticleQuick Hits (2.10.12)
Too many chefs and only one pot. Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute says the problem with education reform is that “there are so many cooks in the education kitchen that nobody is really...
View ArticleQuick Hits (4.30.12)
Providing tuition aid for those who don’t truly need it. Richard Kahlenberg calls tuition tax breaks “food stamps for the relatively wealthy” and encourages Congress, like Education Sector’s Steve...
View ArticleQuick Hits (9.10.12)
“A college system at the breaking point meets the Internet revolution.” Jeff Selingo, a member of Education Sector’s new K20 Task Force, talks MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) and the future of...
View ArticleMore Does Not (Necessarily) Mean Better
On Monday, five states announced that they would add at least 300 hours of learning time to some schools in the fall of 2013. These states—Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee—...
View Article
