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September 14, 2011
Evers moderates K–12 Education Forum Workshop
Bill Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, will moderate a workshop on K–12 education at the California Republican Party convention workshop series on September 17, 2011. The workshop will discuss education issues in California, including testing and accountability, curriculum, charter schools and open enrollment, and teachers’ unions. Click here for more information about the event.
September 6, 2011 | Between the Covers (National Review Online)
Terry Moe discusses his book Special Interest with National Review’s John Miller
Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses teachers’ unions and how they affect K–12 education, performance, and learning.
August 30, 2011 | Freedom Politics
Are NCLB waivers legal?
Here we have the U.S. Department of Education, a part of the Executive branch, saying that -- to receive waivers from NCLB sanctions -- the states must agree to conditions set by the Department. Yet these conditions are found nowhere in NCLB...
August 29, 2011
Hanushek and Peterson on American students
“The enemy I fear most is complacency. We are about to be hit by the full force of global competition. If we continue to ignore the obvious task at hand…our children and grandchildren will pay the price.” Charles Vest, the former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss the math proficiency of American students in comparison to the world in the Newsweek article “Why Can't American Students Compete?”
August 17, 2011 | Recorded on July 21, 2011
United States schools fail international competition
Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson describe how the United States compares to developed countries of the world in math achievement. On average US students place 32nd in the world in math, following Portugal. The best state, Massachusetts, is only 9th in the world; the most populous state (California) comes in 37th. (5:59)
August 11, 2011 | Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal)
Petrilli discusses waiving away No Child Left Behind on Opinion Journal
Mike Petrilli, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he specializes in education policy studies, discusses the White House's plan to waive No Child Left Behind provisions for states that adopt its preferred policies.
August 8, 2011 | Recorded on July 21, 2011
Should California close its schools?
Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson label California's answer to the potential cuts in school funding—reducing the school year—as the worst possible policy. Hanushek and Peterson note that eliminating bad teachers could improve schools by ensuring a good teacher for everyone. (5:35)
August 2, 2011 | Education Next
Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s special interest
Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses his recent book Special Interest: Teachers’ Unions and America’s Public Schools.
July 13, 2011
The States Are Back
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Whether racing to the top or sinking in debt (or both), some governors are taking the school-reform baton back from Washington. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
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.