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Analysis and Commentary

The Productivity Imperative

by Paul T. Hillvia Education Week
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The current economic crisis will challenge just about every public- and private-sector institution in America...

Analysis and Commentary

Clairborne Pell's Legacy

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Monday, January 5, 2009

Former Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island left quite a legacy when he died on Jan. 1 at the age of 90...

Analysis and Commentary

Britain's Language Police

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Five years ago, I published The Language Police, to warn about the ways in which political correctness was imposing blatant censorship on textbooks and tests...

Terry M. Moe

Collective Bargaining and School Performance

by Terry M. Moevia Defining Ideas
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Teachers’ union power is heavily bound by politics

Analysis and Commentary

The Proven Method to Improve Minority Education

by Paul E. Peterson with Chester E. Finn Jr.via FrontPage Magazine
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Forty-seven states have adopted a pathway to teaching, alternative to the standard state certification otherwise required...

In the News

Who Are the Real Reformers?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Now we know that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Arne Duncan as his secretary of education...

Analysis and Commentary

American Children Left Behind

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Thursday, December 11, 2008

The 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was released on Tuesday, and it contained both good news and bad news for the U.S...

Analysis and Commentary

School For $6 A Month

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Forbes
Thursday, December 11, 2008

The private sector takes education to India's slums...

Analysis and Commentary

Why Lou Gerstner Is Wrong

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Louis V. Gerstner Jr. has some daring ideas about how to change American education...

Analysis and Commentary

Change Our Public Schools Need

by Terry M. Moevia Wall Street Journal
Monday, November 24, 2008

Can Barack Obama bring change to American education?...

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014.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.