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Analysis and Commentary

Do We Really Need to Spend More on Schools?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 5, 2011

Americans think so, until they hear that we spend $13,000 per student already...

Interviews

Terry Moe on the Brian Wilson show

with Terry M. Moevia Brian Wilson and the Afternoon Drive (WSPD)
Thursday, August 4, 2011

Brian discusses "Teacher’s Unions and America’s Public Schools" with the author, Dr. Terry Moe...

Terry M. Moe

Moe discusses New Jersey unions’ challenge to benefit cuts

via Fox Business
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses ways to reform unions and how changes can be made to future union benefits.

Interviews

NJ Unions to Challenge Benefit Cuts

with Terry M. Moevia Fox Business
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Hoover Institute Senior Fellow Terry Moe on reforming unions...

Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools

Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s special interest

via Education Next
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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.

Interviews

Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s Special Interest

by Michael J. Petrilli with Terry M. Moevia Education Next
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Mike Petrilli talks with Moe about the book, the union’s rise to power, their influence on all facets of our education system, and whether changes within Democratic Party politics—and the emergence of online learning—create existential threats to these organizations...

Hoover senior fellows Paul Peterson (left) and Eric Hanushek

Schools fiscal crisis unclear

with Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Petersonvia Hoover Videos
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson dissect the fiscal problems in US education. Short-run revenue problems are hard to solve just by wishful thinking, but the long-run problems caused by health care demands and unfunded retirement liabilities are real. (4:37)

Interviews

Terry Moe on Hancock & Kelley

with Terry M. Moevia Hancock & Kelley (KMOX-AM)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

In his Wall Street Journal article, “The Internet Will Reduce Teachers Union power”, Stanford University Professor Terry Moe, author of “Special Interest”, says typical children will go to school, but take their courses online...

Analysis and Commentary

The Internet Will Reduce Teachers Union Power

by Terry M. Moevia Wall Street Journal
Monday, July 18, 2011

Online learning means fewer teachers (and union members) per student...

Analysis and Commentary

Don't ditch testing after Atlanta cheating, boost test security

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via CNN.com
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Cheating should not lead us to abandon assessments, even as we develop additional performance indicators for our schools and educators...

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014. This page will not be updated with future posts.

Koret Task Force Timeline 1998-2014

Chair
Senior Fellow
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Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow

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.