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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
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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Learning the economic realities

with Hoover Institutionvia Los Angeles Times Blog
Thursday, May 1, 2008

The force driving the school reform movement is the conviction that if we don't college-educate more students, don't fare better on international tests of math and science, jobs will disappear and the U.S. economy will suffer...

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Guest Blogger Sol Stern Weighs In on Social Justice Teaching

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Thanks for posting my articles on social justice teaching and for being willing to open up this space for more discussion of what I regard as a retrograde education movement...

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Is Finland the Answer?

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

As you know, Americans have a long history of looking to other countries for answers to our educational problems...

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A Nation at Risk: Worth Reading Again

by Diane Ravitchvia Common Core
Monday, April 28, 2008

April 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” the report on the condition of American education that continues to be controversial to this day...

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Innovation seen emerging from new 'smooshes'

with Victor Davis Hansonvia Currents (UC-Santa Cruz)
Monday, April 28, 2008

John Kao is a fan of mashing things up to create "new smooshes."...

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Texas could close four schools if they fail again

with Eric Hanushekvia Austin American-Statesman
Monday, April 28, 2008

Four low-performing Texas schools, including Johnston High School in East Austin, are facing the highest of stakes on this year's high-stakes tests...

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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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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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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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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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