K-12 Education Task Force

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Interviews

Caroline Hoxby on All Things Considered

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia All Things Considered (NPR)
Monday, April 1, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

A Simple Way to Send Poor Kids to Top Colleges

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia New York Times
Friday, March 29, 2013
Hoover senior fellow Caroline M. Hoxby.

Hoover fellow Hoxby discusses her study on low-income, high-achieving high school students on PBS’s NewsHour

via PBS NewsHour
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Caroline Hoxby, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses why some of America's top academic achievers are missing out on the chance to attend the best universities.

Interviews

Caroline Hoxby on PBS NewsHour (1:05)

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia PBS NewsHour
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek (left) and Paul Peterson discuss issues in e

Hoover fellow Eric Hanushek on Teacher Salaries and Efficiency in Schools

with Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Petersonvia Hoover Videos
Monday, March 25, 2013

Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss how aligning teacher salaries with effectiveness is necessary to improve the efficiency of school spending. Paying teachers according to effectiveness is particularly important when faced with budget pressures.

Analysis and Commentary

Accountability Dilemmas

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Friday, March 22, 2013
Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek (left) and Paul Peterson discuss issues in e

Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss the Equity and Excellence Commission report

with Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Petersonvia Hoover Videos
Monday, March 18, 2013

Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss the Equity and Excellence Commission report issued in February 2013. School finance must insure sufficient funding, equitably distributed, and effectively and efficiently used.

In the News

A Step Backward for Racial Integration in Schools

with Eric Hanushekvia Stanford Magazine
Monday, March 18, 2013
In the News

Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia New York Times
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Analysis and Commentary

A Short History of K-12 Reform

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Pages

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.