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Hoover Digest by topic: High Schools
January 25, 2013
Clouds over Technopolis
Image credit: Taylor Jones
Technology is marvelous, and marvelously oversold. By Niall Ferguson.
August 13, 2012
Healthy Schools, Healthy Economy
Want to boost growth and reduce inequality? Focus on education. By George P. Shultz and Eric A. Hanushek.
January 23, 2012
A Curriculum for the Curious
Image credit: Taylor Jones
Innovators shouldn’t have to drop out of school to follow their dreams, but schools seem almost designed to stand in their way. By William Damon.
October 12, 2011
Higher Marks
How to get even better results from standardized testing. By Herbert J. Walberg.
July 13, 2011
The Staggering Power of the Teachers' Unions
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A look at the most powerful force in American education—and it isn’t a force for good. By Terry M. Moe.
July 13, 2011
The Core of Civic Virtue
Either we teach the young to understand and appreciate their freedom, or we cheat them of their birthright. By William Damon.
September 29, 2010
The Language of Diplomacy
Beijing is paying for Chinese-language schools all around the world,
including scores in the United States. Should we be concerned?
July 2, 2010
Let the Charters Bloom
Why failing schools should be allowed to fail—and better schools to sprout in their place. By Paul E. Peterson.
July 2, 2010
The Case for Saturday School
When it comes to instruction time, longer is better. American schools, however, are going the other way. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
April 21, 2010
School of Hard Knocks
The education reform movement is stumbling to a halt, and needs its own version of back to basics. By Chester E. Finn Jr.