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Analysis and Commentary

Confessions of a Former Luddite

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Not so long ago, I doubted that computers, cell phones, and the internet would make any more difference in American education than television had...Well, I was wrong...

Analysis and Commentary

Another Real Winner in Wisconsin—Real Clear Politics

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

My colleagues and I went out on a limb yesterday when we wrote an op-ed piece saying that teacher unions were in trouble—both with the electorate and among teachers themselves...

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Peterson discusses the teacher unions’ image problem

via Wall Street Journal TV
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Paul Peterson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses a new poll that shows the public is turning against teacher unions.

Analysis and Commentary

Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem

by Paul E. Peterson, William G. Howell, Martin R. Westvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Only 22% of Americans think unions have a positive effect on schools...

Interviews

Teacher Unions Image Problem

with Paul E. Petersonvia Wall Street Journal TV
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Harvard government professor Paul Peterson on a new poll that shows the public is turning against teacher unions...

Analysis and Commentary

International Benchmarking of Student Achievement

by Eric Hanushekvia Education Next
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

This is something we should support because it would provide new and important information to both states and localities. This new information would also provide added impetus to the imperative to improve our schools...

Analysis and Commentary

“Voucherizing Title I” is Worth a Shot

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Friday, June 1, 2012

Why not try strapping the money to the backs of needy kids and letting them take it to the schools of their choice?...

Analysis and Commentary

Higher Education's Online Revolution

by John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moevia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, May 31, 2012

The substitution of technology (which is cheap) for labor (which is expensive) can vastly increase access to an elite-caliber education...

Education Image
Analysis and Commentary

Are Md. schools really No. 1?

by Herbert J. Walbergvia Baltimore Sun
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Social promotion, testing conflicts of interest sap the value of a diploma...

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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.