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In the News

Nation's public schools are improving, but still have a long way to go

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Washington Post
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Analysis and Commentary

The New Congress and Education Policy

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Friday, November 12, 2010

Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk about what the election results are likely to mean for federal education policy. Will the landslide be followed by gridlock...?

Analysis and Commentary

Test evaluation put teachers on the spot

by Eric Hanushekvia Sacramento Bee
Friday, November 12, 2010

In an unexpected action last summer, the Los Angeles Times published the ratings of teacher effectiveness for 6,000 teachers by name. This is a potential game-changer...

In the News

Teaching Math to the Talented

by Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Ludger Woessmannvia Education Next
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Which countries—and states—are producing high-achieving students...?

Analysis and Commentary

The welcome earthquake

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Gadfly (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
Thursday, October 28, 2010

...[A] week before the election we could be sitting on a tectonic fault with the potential to turn into an education earthquake—and that might actually be a blessing. It has to do with teachers, their unions, and U.S. politics—all of which would benefit from some profound movement...

Analysis and Commentary

UFT wrong to fight Joel Klein's attempt to release teacher data

by Eric Hanushekvia Daily News (NY)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

New York City's schools chancellor, with the support of Mayor Bloomberg, wants to release the value-added test score results for 12,000 teachers...I've spent many years looking carefully at such data. I know it can be incendiary; I know it has flaws. Still, I strongly support its release...

Analysis and Commentary

There Is No 'War on Teachers'

by Eric Hanushekvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

There is a growing bipartisan agreement on the importance of rewarding good ones...

Analysis and Commentary

Republicans and Education

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Friday, October 15, 2010

Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 15) about what Republican victories in November might mean for education policy, particularly at the federal level...

Analysis and Commentary

Congress and Education Reform

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia National Review Online
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Republicans want to eject Uncle Sam from education; Democrats want to micromanage everything from Washington. What we need is Reform Realism...

Analysis and Commentary

At the Movies with Paul and Checker

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Friday, October 1, 2010

Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (October 1) about Waiting for Superman—the movie and the movie reviews...

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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
Participants
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.