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School Accountability—Past, Present, and Future
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by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Hoover Education Success Initiative | The Papers
The Unavoidable: Tomorrow's Teacher Compensation
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by Eric Hanushekvia Hoover Education Success Initiative | The Papers
Charters Can Do What’s Best for Students Who Care
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by Michael J. Petrillivia New York Times
Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover fellows Rick Hanushek and Paul Peterson
Uncommon Knowledge with Hoover fellows Rick Hanushek and Paul Peterson
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interview with Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Petersonvia Uncommon Knowledge
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How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform
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by Eric Hanushekvia Wall Street Journal
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Not Just the Problems of Other People's Children: U.S. Student Performance in Global Perspective
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by Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Ludger Woessmannvia Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG)

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Dire warnings often taken with a grain of salt

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Deseret News (UT)
Sunday, April 27, 2008

Maybe it's so hard to enact meaningful public education reforms in America because critics have been prone to overstate dire warnings through the years.

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Four Key Lessons from the Nation at Risk

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Shop Floor (National Association of Manufacturers)
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Marking the 25th anniversary of the Nation At Risk report on the failings of U.S. education, long-time analyst and reformer Chester Finn identifies four key lessons that should be more broadly applied...

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Only male kindergarten teacher in Lynchburg City Schools stands out

with Education Nextvia News and Advance (VA)
Saturday, April 26, 2008

John Babcock plops his sturdy frame into a wooden rocking chair in his kindergarten classroom at William Marvin Bass Elementary School...

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America's Business: April 26, 2008

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via America's Business With Mike Hambrick (Podcast)
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Education is a top priority for manufacturers who need a skilled workforce to operate increasingly complex shop floor computers and equipment...

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Analysis and Commentary

Twenty-Five Years Later, A Nation Still at Risk

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Wall Street Journal
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Today marks the 25th anniversary of "A Nation at Risk," the influential Reagan-era report by a blue-ribbon panel that alerted Americans to the weak performance of our education system...

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Ballot question: Who's that?

with Diane Ravitchvia Charlotte Observer
Saturday, April 26, 2008

As you'll be reminded when you go to the polls for the May 6 primary, North Carolina elects too many state officials...

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Forum Held On Effectiveness Of School Grades

with Diane Ravitchvia NY1
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Every year, city students receive report cards on their school performances...

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This Week on 'America's Business' radio

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Shop Floor (National Association of Manufacturers)
Friday, April 25, 2008

Education is a top priority for manufacturers who need a skilled workforce to operate increasingly complex shop floor computers and equipment...

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Fighting for a piece of Clio

with Diane Ravitchvia Economist
Thursday, April 24, 2008

THREE years ago Bob Huff, a newly-elected Republican assemblyman, voted for a bill that would have pressed schools to teach pupils more about Filipinos' role in the second world war...

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Twenty-five years later, nation remains at risk

with Chester E. Finn Jr.via Grand Forks Herald (ND)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Let us limp down memory lane to mark this week’s melancholy 25th anniversary of a national commission’s report that galvanized Americans to vow to do better...

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