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Analysis and Commentary

Is the Administration behind Americans Elect? Is Jon Huntsman its candidate?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Advancing a Free Society
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

That President Barack Obama faces enormous challenges in the upcoming presidential race is guaranteed...What, then, can a re-election-minded president do? Answer: Shift to the left while silently encouraging a third “centrist” party to split the opposition...

Analysis and Commentary

What Do the Latest NAEP Scores Tell Us about NCLB?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, November 7, 2011

Now that Congress is talking about reauthorizing NCLB, it struck me that it would be worthwhile to see what the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tell us about the direction the nation has moved in the years since the law was passed...

Analysis and Commentary

Evaluate teachers on how much students have learned

by Williamson M. Eversvia Freedom Politics
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a group of parents and taxpayers sued the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to make the district follow the law, by evaluating teachers based on how much their students have learned...

Analysis and Commentary

Views of EdNext Readers In Line With Those of General Public (except on Teachers Unions)

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, October 31, 2011

Ed Next readers—or at least those who participate in our polls—are not all that different from the public at large, except that they seem to know more about the issues and are thus more inclined to take a position on them...

Analysis and Commentary

Jeb Bush, Melinda Gates, Sal Khan and the Coming Digital Learning Battle

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, October 17, 2011

The debate over digital learning will soon enter a new phase...we can expect a strenuous, highly politicized debate over the way in which digital learning should be provided...

Analysis and Commentary

New law nationalizes science education standards

by Williamson M. Eversvia Freedom Politics
Thursday, October 13, 2011

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law SB300, Oct. 8, which approves the forthcoming national science-curriculum standards and lays out the path for California to put them into effect in 2013...I see three problems with the policy contained in California’s new law...

Analysis and Commentary

Are NCLB Waivers Legal?

by Williamson M. Eversvia Education Next
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

In truth, the Executive is seeking to make law. Imposing such conditions has never been approved by Congress, and the federal waiver law does not permit it...

Analysis and Commentary

Is Rick Perry Abandoning School Accountability and Merit Pay?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, October 3, 2011

Does Rick Perry really want to dismantle the Texas accountability system? Unless he does, he should not be using the same waiver technique the White House is using to gut No Child Left Behind...

Analysis and Commentary

Technology to Reach Everyone

by Paul E. Petersonvia Room for Debate (New York Times)
Sunday, October 2, 2011

As I explained last year in “Saving Schools,” new technologies are becoming available that will allow all students to be taught at their own learning point...

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Walberg on free markets with Mike Beitler

via Heartland Institute
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Herbert Walberg, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses education reform and his latest book, Advancing Student Achievement, which you can read about here.

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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.