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In the News

Our Overarching Disagreements

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Maybe I should not have thrown George Counts’ famous challenge into the mix...

In the News

Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 8, 2008

We do agree: Violence is not the essential reason that schools are unsuccessful. We agree that violence is not caused by schools, and that in every community the schools are the safest environment that students are likely to encounter...

In the News

What About Students Who Don't Want to be Students?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

I was just sitting down to reply to your post and thought I would first scan my email...

Analysis and Commentary

5 Myths About No Child Left Behind

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Washington Post
Sunday, March 30, 2008

It's the 800-pound gorilla of U.S. education....

In the News

Bridging Differences: When Schools are Scary

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Since I don’t imagine that any state or school district plans to roll back its school attendance requirements—no more than you intended your bored student to leave school and go home—I am not going to debate whether school is or is not a scary place for most kids....

In the News

Who's Failing Whom?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I must say that I do not see mandatory schooling as incarceration, and I suspect that you really don’t see it that way either...

In the News

We Took Our Show on the Road

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

So we took our show on the road for the first time!

In the News

Can Policymakers Incentivize Great Teachers with $$$?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

I am happy to join with you in adopting a bridging motto of “Neither guide on the side nor sage on the stage..."

Analysis and Commentary

What Students Don't Know About History: The Latest Findings

by Diane Ravitchvia History News Network
Monday, March 3, 2008

For most people, the popular culture is far more influential via movies, television, the Internet, radio, and other forms of mass media than what is taught in school...

Analysis and Commentary

Lessons Learned

by Chester E. Finn Jr. with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Yes, I’ve learned plenty in the 57 years since I entered 1st grade in Dayton, Ohio’s Fairview Elementary School, and the four decades since I taught social studies at Newton High School in Massachusetts...

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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.