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Standards are Within Our Reach

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I don't agree with your judgment—and the judgment of some (but not all) of our readers—about whether it is feasible to craft useful standards...

Analysis and Commentary

A Flawed Reform

by Diane Ravitchvia New York Sun
Monday, December 17, 2007

The New York City Department of Education has embarked on a perilous new path in its efforts to raise test scores...

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The Value of Standards

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

I don’t understand why you are so certain that any state or national standards are beyond consensus, or that they will be entirely arbitrary...

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Is U.S. Education Better Than Ever?

by Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

In a recent item on Huffington Post, Gerald Bracey claimed that I should atone for having "suppressed" the Sandia report in 1991...

In the News

The Grand Illusion of Proficiency

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

As usual, you raise lots of interesting questions and you sharpen our clear differences...

Analysis and Commentary

Educational Rewards

by Paul E. Petersonvia Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

For-profit management of public schools is still in its infancy, and many wonder whether it can have a positive effect on student learning...

In the News

Scare Tactics in NYC

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

What a week this has been!

In the News

Diane Ravitch poses a question about the new school grades

by Diane Ravitchvia NYC Public School Parents
Sunday, November 4, 2007

A question for everyone to think about...

Analysis and Commentary

An Unfair Attack

by Diane Ravitchvia New York Post
Thursday, November 1, 2007

I have been writing about schooling for 40 years, but have never experienced an attack as intemperate as the one by Kathryn Wylde ("Hypocritical Critic", PostOpinion, Oct. 30)...

Analysis and Commentary

Teachers give Bloomberg & Co. a meritorious education

by Diane Ravitchvia Daily News
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

The teachers union just outsmarted the Smartest Guys in 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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014.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.