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Koret Task Force on K–12 Education
Significant gifts for the support of this task force are acknowledged from
- Koret Foundation
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield
- Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation, Inc.
- Tad and Dianne Taube
Taube Family Foundation
The K–12 Education Task Force focuses on education policy as it relates to government provision and oversight versus private solutions (both within and outside the public school system) that stress choice, accountability, and transparency; that include systematic reform options such as vouchers, charter schools, and testing; and that weigh equity concerns against outcome objectives. Its collaborative efforts spawned a quarterly journal titled Education Next, one of the premier publications on public education research policy in the nation.
Chester E. Finn, Jr. serves as chair of the Task Force on K–12 education.
News and Commentary
February 6, 2012
Reboot Federal Role in K–12 Education, Hoover Task Force Says
With the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act overdue for reauthorization, the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education recommends a new and powerful strategy for fundamental education reform—and a major makeover of the customary federal role: allow states receiving federal funding to opt out of traditional federal constraints if they create vibrant marketplaces for informed school choice.
January 4, 2012 | Rick Hess Straight Up (Education Week)
The 2012 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings
Today, RHSU unveils the 2012 Edu-Scholar Public Presence rankings...The following table reports the 2012 rankings...
December 22, 2011 | Fox Business
Bill Evers discusses the best and worst in K–12 education on Fox Business
Bill Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses the ten best and worst events in American education in 2011 and whether taxpayers are getting what they pay for from public education.
Featured Op-eds
January 27, 2012 | National Review Online
The State of Education
Can schools rekindle the American work ethic...?
January 19, 2012 | Thoughts on Public Education
Jerry Brown’s fresh start: Local control tied to accountability
Gov. Jerry Brown made two important statements about K-12 education in his State of the State speech on Wednesday...
December 13, 2011 | Private School Monitor
The Voucher Revolution in Education
By 2030, K-12 education in America will be largely privatized...
November 17, 2011 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
The Voucher Revolution
By 2030, K-12 education in America will be completely privatized...
November 2, 2011 | Freedom Politics
Evaluate teachers on how much students have learned
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a group of parents and taxpayers sued the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to make the district follow the law, by evaluating teachers based on how much their students have learned...