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Hoover Digest by topic: K-12 Education
April 30, 2003
What Makes a Good Teacher?
Over the past 30 years public school teachers have been receiving more education—yet student achievement scores continue to languish. What has gone wrong? By Hoover fellows Hanna Skandera and Richard Sousa.
April 30, 2003
Giving Our Schools a Failing Grade
The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education has just issued a comprehensive assessment of American public education. Its conclusion? America’s schools continue to fail our children. By Hoover fellow Chester E. Finn Jr.
January 30, 2003
Smaller Is Better
The evidence is coming in: Smaller schools produce results. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover senior associate director Richard Sousa.
January 30, 2003
Teachers for the New Century
To improve our public schools we need better teachers. Hoover fellow Edward P. Lazear explains how to get them.
January 30, 2003
The Decline and Fall of American Education
American education is in serious trouble. Why aren’t we more concerned? By Paul E. Peterson.
October 30, 2002
The Market Can Transform Our Schools
It’s time to bring elementary and secondary education out of the nineteenth century and into the twenty-first. By Hoover fellow Milton Friedman.
October 30, 2002
A Brief History of Testing and Accountability
How to improve our public schools? Many policymakers argue that we can start by holding students, teachers, schools, and school districts accountable for student performance. This approach may sound perfectly reasonable—but it has the education profession up in arms. By Hoover fellow Diane Ravitch.
October 30, 2002
The Structure of School Choice
We need the school choice that voucher programs would introduce, but we also need to make certain such voucher programs are properly structured. How government rules can make voucher programs—or break them. By Hoover fellow Terry M. Moe.
October 30, 2002
Can Money Buy Better Schools?
Is spending more money the way to improve our public schools? In a word, no. By Hoover fellow Hanna Skandera and Hoover associate director Richard Sousa.