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Researchers Gain Insight Into Education's Impact on Nations' Productivity

with Eric Hanushek, Education Nextvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A key assumption underpinning the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education back in 1983 was that America’s economic well-being was intimately tied to the quality of its schools...

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What Should Happen in Our Houses of Learning?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Well, we do disagree about what should happen in “our houses of learning.”...

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Still at Risk

with Diane Ravitch, Chester E. Finn Jr.via American Enterprise Institute
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

In the aftermath of the furor provoked by A Nation At Risk, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) conducted a groundbreaking study to determine what America's seventeen-year-olds knew about history and literature...

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'Nation at Risk': The best thing or the worst thing for education?

with Diane Ravitchvia USA Today
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Twenty-five years ago this week, Americans awoke to a forceful little report that, depending on your point of view, either ruined public education or saved it...

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Where Do We Go Now?

with Eric Hanushekvia American Enterprise Institute
Monday, April 21, 2008

As ever, Richard Rothstein is eloquent...

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At 'Crossroads,' Benedict Calls for Increased Faith

with Education Nextvia New York Sun
Friday, April 18, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in New York Friday for the final leg of a trip to America in which he has been working to heal damage caused by the sexual abuse scandal and address what he called a crisis of truth and faith in Catholic education...

Analysis and Commentary

Catholic-School Rescue

by Michael J. Petrillivia National Review Online
Thursday, April 17, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI was still in the air over the Atlantic when he addressed the dominant concern on the mind of many Catholics — and certainly the mainstream media: the clergy sex-abuse scandal...

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Black-White Gap Widens Faster for High Achievers

with Eric Hanushek, Steven G. Rivkinvia Education Week
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

New research into what is commonly called the black-white “achievement gap” suggests that the students who lose the most ground academically in U.S. public schools may be the brightest African-American children...

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Our Overarching Disagreements

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Maybe I should not have thrown George Counts’ famous challenge into the mix...

Analysis and Commentary

Segregate This

by Liam Julianvia National Review Online
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Those who divvy up by race strain to justify it...

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