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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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How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform
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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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Ravitch Lambasts City's Education System

with Diane Ravitchvia Gotham Gazette
Friday, September 7, 2007

Education historian Diane Ravitch was a guest on Brian Lehrer’s show on WNYC this week, where she calls the Education Department’s initiative to empower principals another part of the “overall scheme to dismantle the public education system” by “sitting each of the schools on their own bottom..."

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No CEO Left Behind: A Teacher's Fantasy

with Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Thursday, September 6, 2007

For children across the country, its back to school this week, and many of them will be attending schools in systems run by corporate executives...

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Mideast-Themed Schools Raise Curricular, Church-State Issues

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

A new public school with a focus on Arabic language and culture is set to open in New York City this week, after being assailed for months by opponents who claim it will be a taxpayer-funded Islamic school sympathetic to extremist political views...

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Do Lunch With Top Education Researchers

with Paul E. Peterson, Caroline M. Hoxby, Eric Hanushekvia University of Arkansas Daily Headlines
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Some of the nation's leading education researchers will visit the University of Arkansas campus this school year for lunch and lively discussion...

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Critics Ignored Record of a Muslim Principal

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Times
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Last Feb. 12, you may recall, New York education officials announced plans to open a minischool in September that would teach half its classes in Arabic and include study of Arab culture...

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Letter: Don't Undersell 'Geeks' When It Comes to American Competitiveness

with Diane Ravitch, Chester E. Finn Jr.via Wall Street Journal
Friday, August 24, 2007

Regarding Chester E. Finn Jr. and Diane Ravitch's op-ed ("Not by Geeks Alone," Aug. 8): The authors state the problem correctly -- elevating the importance of science, technology, engineering and math ("STEM" subjects) above subjects like history and literature does American students no favors...

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The Charter Difference

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia New York Post
Thursday, August 23, 2007

The first-year results of a five-year study of nearly 50 New York City charter schools echo what we in the charter movement have been saying for the last 10 years...

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‘Competitiveness’ Bill to Aid Math, Science Is Signed by President

with Chester E. Finn Jr., Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

President Bush this week signed into law a bill that seeks to bolster mathematics and science education through improved teacher recruitment and training and the promotion of successful classroom practices through federal grants for schools...

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How New Arabic School Aroused Old Rivalries

with Diane Ravitchvia New York Times
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

When aides to Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein were presented last fall with a proposal for an Arabic language and culture school, they thought the idea could be controversial....

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Neighborhoods' Effect On Grades Challenged

with Education Nextvia Washington Post
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Many social reformers have long said that low academic achievement among inner-city children cannot be improved significantly without moving their families to better neighborhoods, but new reports released today that draw on a unique set of data throw cold water on that theory...

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