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Eric A. Hanushek

Hanushek discusses teacher test scores going public on Wall Street Journal TV

via Wall Street Journal TV
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses why teachers' value-added scores should be made public.

Interviews

Teacher Test Scores Go Public

with Eric Hanushekvia Wall Street Journal TV
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Hoover Institute senior fellow Eric Hanushek on why teachers' value-added scores should be made public...

Analysis and Commentary

21st-Century VocEd Could Be Key to Future Economic Prosperity

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Friday, February 24, 2012

I’m a huge fan of high-quality liberal-arts education for everybody and really do think it would go far to prepare better citizens, neighbors, and consumer/transmitters of America’s cultural heritage and democratic underpinnings...

Analysis and Commentary

Teacher ratings are a vital step forward

by Eric Hanushekvia Daily News (NY)
Friday, February 24, 2012

But this is just one battle in the war for school reform...

In the News

How to Reboot K-12

by Koret Task Forcevia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Let states opt out of federal mandates and embrace choice, excellence, and competition...

Analysis and Commentary

In the Digital World, Every District Can Compete with Every Other

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Putting districts in charge of online learning, while allowing them to contract out to private providers if they wish, creates a competitive marketplace within a legitimate political framework...

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How to Reboot K-12

by Koret Task Forcevia Defining Ideas
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Let states opt out of federal mandates and embrace choice, excellence, and competition.

In the News

The Road to a National Curriculum

by Williamson M. Eversvia Pioneer Institute
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers...

Co-Author: Robert Eitel

Analysis and Commentary

The Right Role for the Federal Government

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Give parents the information they need to pick their school of choice...

Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education
Books

Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education

by Koret Task Forcevia Hoover Institution Press
Monday, February 6, 2012

In Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education, the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education recommends that Washington limit its education role to what it can do best: encouraging states to create level playing fields that expand school options and competit

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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.