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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
In the new online essay and video series, American Education in 2030, members of the Hoover Institution's Task Force on K-12 education, joined by several keen-eyed observers, blend prediction with prescription to paint a vivid picture of American primary and secondary education in 2030.
Now available at AmericanEducation2030.com
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August 31, 2010
What do Americans think of the Nation’s Schools? How Widespread is the Support for Charter Schools?
Education Next (Ednext) and Phi Delta Kappan (PDK) both released their annual polls last week. Paul Peterson, Senior Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force, talks about these results. Marty West and Paul Peterson discuss the uptick in support for charter schools in 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey in a video.
August 27, 2010
Testing Teachers
Eric Hanushek, Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education and member of the K–12 Education Task Force is interviewed on American Public Media.
August 25, 2010
Poll Reveals Bipartisan Support for Education Reform
Marty West and Paul Peterson, Senior Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force, discuss the 2010 Education Next-PEPG Survey. The poll finds support among both Democrats and Republicans for test-based accountability for students and schools, merit pay, and charter schools. Americans are divided along party lines over the issues of school spending and teacher tenure, however.
August 25, 2010
A sober reflection on Race to the Top results
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Senior Fellow and Chair of the K–12 Education Task Force, gives his reflections on the Race to the Top results.
August 25, 2010
Online Learning Is On the Upswing—In the Public Mind At Least
Hoover fellow Paul Peterson discusses how online learning is gathering public support most rapidly.
August 24, 2010
Mathews on Saving Schools
Hoover fellow Paul Peterson discusses how virtual learning in schools can help students become college- ready.
August 23, 2010
Supporters of Race to the Top Outnumber Opponents, but Plurality of Public Has No Opinion, Education Next Survey Shows
Education Next’s Paul Peterson discusses how a larger percentage of the public supports Race to the Top (RttT) than opposes it.
Featured Op-eds
August 25, 2010 | Education Next
Meeting of the Minds
The 2010 EdNext-PEPG Survey shows that, on many education reform issues, Democrats and Republicans hardly disagree...
August 3, 2010 | Wall Street Journal
African-Americans for Charter Schools
This past week the NAACP, the National Urban League and other civil-rights groups collectively condemned charter schools...Someone should remind these leaders who they represent...