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Analysis and Commentary

Bill Gates And His Silver Bullet

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Back in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had a big idea about how to fix the problems of American education...

Analysis and Commentary

Bill Gates' New Education Plan

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Forbes
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Version 2.0 contains laudable goals but little actionable policy...

Analysis and Commentary

The Obama Education Agenda

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Monday, November 10, 2008

During the campaign, Barack Obama pledged that, if elected, he would make "a truly historic commitment to education."...

Analysis and Commentary

We Shouldn't Pay Kids To Learn

by Diane Ravitchvia Forbes
Friday, October 17, 2008

In India, students compete for admission into cram schools, where they study intensively in order to compete for admission into India's highly regarded technology colleges...

In the News

Should We Risk a Free Market in Education?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Over the time that we have been blogging, we have found many issues on which we disagree—mostly having to do with externally set curriculum, standards, and tests—and many on which we agree—mostly having to do with autocratic school leadership and efforts to force a business model on the schools...

Analysis and Commentary

Schools No More For Scandal

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Forbes
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

School reform is bloody hard--Admiral Rickover compared it to moving a graveyard--and harder still in big cities...

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The Misplaced Math Student

by Tom Lovelessvia Defining Ideas
Monday, September 22, 2008

One hundred and twenty thousand eighth graders are misplaced in algebra classes.

Analysis and Commentary

The Law that Dare Not Speak Its Name

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via National Review Online
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

As the new school year and the climactic period of the presidential election both commence, the future of federal education policy is murkier than ever before...

Analysis and Commentary

RIGHT ON READING

by Diane Ravitchvia New York Post
Monday, September 1, 2008

LAST week, Schools Chancel lor Joel Klein announced the start of a pilot program that will introduce a new way to teach reading to children in kindergarten, first grade and second grade in 10 low-performing schools...

In the News

The Sharpton-Klein Education Reform Agenda

by Diane Ravitchvia Core Knowledge (Blog)
Monday, June 23, 2008

I have been a supporter of Core Knowledge from its beginning...

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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.