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Analysis and Commentary

NC Needs to Realize Common Core is a Conservative Victory

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia News and Observer
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
In the News

The Case for Common Core

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Business Roundtable
Friday, May 31, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

The GOP and the Common Core

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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The GOP and the Common Core

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Defining Ideas
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Why are conservatives stoutly resisting this promising education initiative?

Analysis and Commentary

American Conversation Essentials: Caroline Hoxby on Intergenerational Redistribution

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia 92nd Street Y (92Y)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

Why Private Schools Are Dying Out

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Monday, May 20, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

Why Private Schools Are Dying Out

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Atlantic
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Education and testing
Analysis and Commentary

Jerry Brown’s Costly Common Core Blunder

by Williamson M. Eversvia FlashReport
Thursday, May 16, 2013

California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a new funding formula for public schools. It gives extra money to urban and rural districts. The big winners will be long-tenured (but not necessarily high-performing) teachers in big cities. The new formula also short changes charter schools that have concentrations of significantly disadvantaged students.

Analysis and Commentary

U.S. Institute of Education Sciences Weighs In on Voucher Impacts on College Enrollment

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Last summer, we released the first experimental study of the effect of school vouchers on college enrollment. Our study, which is published in the current edition of Education Next, generated significant controversy. We followed students who participated in a voucher experiment in New York City in the 1990s, and found that African-American students who won a voucher were more likely to go to college than those who were not offered the opportunity. 

Co-Author: Matthew M. Chingos

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014.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