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Analysis and Commentary

Eureka: Proposition 30 Fails the Test of Honest Education Reform

by Williamson M. Eversvia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

The Election Contests that Really Matter

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

Indiana and the Common Core: Tony Bennett Got It Right

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Friday, October 26, 2012
In the News

New Law Dumbs Down Calif. Math Performance

by Williamson M. Evers, Ze’ev Wurmanvia CalWatchDog.com
Monday, October 22, 2012

Gov. Jerry Brown recently sent California several decades back into the 20th century by signing Senate Bill 1200, by state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Oakland. This law now mandates a shocking rollback of how much math we expect children in California’s public schools to learn and  — furthermore — this law constitutes a setback for good government.

Analysis and Commentary

The Best Bargain in American Education

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Jessica Hockettvia Education Next
Monday, October 22, 2012
Analysis and Commentary

Gotham's Exam-School Problem

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Exam Schools: Inside America’s Most Selective Public High Schools

Exam Schools: Inside America’s Most Selective Public High Schools

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Jessica Hockettvia Princeton University Press
Monday, October 1, 2012

Chester E. Finn Jr., a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, and coauthor Jessica A.

Analysis and Commentary

How The Common Core Changes Everything

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Friday, September 28, 2012
Terry M. Moe

Moe discusses the relationship between Republicans and teachers’ unions on the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal

via Opinion Journal (Wall Street Journal)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 education, notes that, although teachers’ unions may be courting Republican lawmakers, teachers’ unions contribute, statewide, roughly 80 percent of their money to Democrats.

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The K-12 Education Koret Task Force is no longer active as of December 2014.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