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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

Charter School Pensions: The Sum of Teacher Unions’ Fears

by Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Thursday, June 23, 2011

As if the teachers unions need another reason to hate charter schools, here’s one: The finding, from a new Fordham Institute report, that when given a chance to opt out of state pension systems, many charter schools take it...

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Trial of a Thousand Years
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Trial of a Thousand Years

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Institution Press
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Charles Hill analyzes the refusal of the ideologues of pan-Islam to accept the boundaries and responsibilities of the order of states.

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Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform by Herbert J. Walberg
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Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform

by Herbert J. Walbergvia Hoover Institution Press
Saturday, May 21, 2011

The pressing need to improve achievement in American schools is widely recognized. In Tests, Testing, and Genuine School Reform, Herbert J.

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Analysis and Commentary

Good for Texas. Good for America?

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via National Review Online
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Rick Perry should not be hasty in applying Texas’ education lessons to the whole country...

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Williamson M. Evers

Evers discusses closing the door on innovation

via School Reform News
Friday, June 10, 2011

In this podcast Williamson Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, notes that he opposes common core standards because they close the door on innovation by locking in a national, uniform bureaucratic system.

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Analysis and Commentary

Independently audit test scores

by Herbert J. Walbergvia Washington Times
Friday, June 10, 2011

Incentives for success give educators, students reason to cheat...

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Williamson M. Evers

Evers discusses whether all US students should learn the same thing

via Voice of America
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

In this podcast Williamson Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses his opposition to common core standards because they close the door on innovation by locking in a national, uniform bureaucratic system.

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Williamson M. Evers

Evers discusses putting the brakes on national curriculum and testing

via Education Policy Center
Monday, June 6, 2011

In this podcast Williamson Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses an organized effort he is helping lead to put a stop to a national curriculum and national tests for America’s public K–12 schools. He explains the dangers in the current common core standards process and how concerned citizens can join the cause by signing an online manifesto.

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Analysis and Commentary

Different Decisions

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Two unrelated news stories on the same day show the contrast between government decisions and private decisions...

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Terry M. Moe

Terry Moe on the Ronn Owens Program

via Ronn Owens Program (KGO-AM)
Monday, June 6, 2011

Terry Moe, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 education, discusses his latest book, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools, on the Ronn Owens Program.

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