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Analysis and Commentary

If Johnny or Susie Cannot Read or Write … Neither Will Graduate from High School

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Friday, November 30, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

Just How Potent Are Teacher Unions?

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via National Review Online
Friday, November 30, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

Jeb Bush on Education Reform

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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School Reform, the Texas Way

by Herbert J. Walbergvia Defining Ideas
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Could the lone star state’s Savings Grant Program revolutionize K-12 education for poor and middle class families?

Analysis and Commentary

What We Learned About School Reform in 2012

by Michael J. Petrillivia Bloomberg
Thursday, November 15, 2012
School Buses
Analysis and Commentary

A Smarter Way to Grade State's High Schools

by John E. Chubbvia San Diego Union-Tribune
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Everyone agrees that high schools should prepare students to be “college- and career-ready.” But there’s much less agreement on how to measure these essential goals.

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The Best Teachers in the World

by John E. Chubbvia Defining Ideas
Friday, November 9, 2012

Why we don’t have them and how we could get them.

In the News

Principals: Why They Matter

with Eric Hanushekvia Take Part
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

Let a New Teacher-Union Debate Begin

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Friday, November 2, 2012
Piano Keys
Analysis and Commentary

Do Piano Teachers Need to Know How to Play the Piano?

by John E. Chubbvia Education Next
Friday, November 2, 2012

Silly question—it might seem. How could someone be expected to teach piano if they do not know how to play themselves?

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014.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