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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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Analysis and Commentary

Why Teachers Like Mike

by Michael J. Petrillivia National Review Online
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Mike Huckabee made news — and history — Tuesday when the New Hampshire affiliate of the National Education Association endorsed him for president in the upcoming primary — the first time it ever recommended a GOP candidate...

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Should the Mayor Be in Charge?

with Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

One of the arguments du jour in the reform of ailing school systems is that handing over control of the system to the mayor will produce the needed improvements...

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Coaching Teachers to Help Students Learn

with Eric Hanushekvia Education Week
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

When the Adams 12 school district introduced a new mathematics curriculum to elementary schools several years ago, leaders here turned to an idea both old and new to make the change a success...

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The Value of Standards

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

I don’t understand why you are so certain that any state or national standards are beyond consensus, or that they will be entirely arbitrary...

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All-boys school founder draws on own life

with Education Nextvia News-Journal (DE)
Monday, December 10, 2007

Jack Perry was a black boy raised with three sisters by a single mother in a Brooklyn housing project...

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Society's Role in Student Motivation

with Diane Ravitch, Hoover Digestvia Education Week
Thursday, December 6, 2007

Yesterday, I read an essay published in the Hoover Digest, written by Diane Ravitch...

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Is U.S. Education Better Than Ever?

by Diane Ravitchvia Huffington Post
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

In a recent item on Huffington Post, Gerald Bracey claimed that I should atone for having "suppressed" the Sandia report in 1991...

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The Grand Illusion of Proficiency

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

As usual, you raise lots of interesting questions and you sharpen our clear differences...

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Analysis and Commentary

Too Many Go to College

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Stanford, Yale, and Princeton are all in the process of considering whether to increase the number of students they admit...

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National Tests Keep the Districts Honest

by Diane Ravitchvia Education Week
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

I note with pleasure that The New York Times endorsed (again) the principle of national testing...

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