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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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by Eric Hanushekvia Wall Street Journal

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Analysis and Commentary

Shakier than cafeteria Jell-O

by Liam Julianvia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Texans ought to take a look at Fordham’s recent assessment of their state’s history standards, which, according to the “State of State U.S. History Standards 2011,” “inculcate biblical principles, patriotic values, and American Exceptionalism...”

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Analysis and Commentary

Education in Obama’s State of the Union

by Williamson M. Eversvia Jay P. Greene's Blog
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

...[T]he President set forth many of his old, usual rhetorical themes in education, pushed more spending and dubious reforms (national standards and tests), and missed an opportunity to advance reform in new and substantive ways...

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Analysis and Commentary

Nobody Deserves Tenure

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Next
Friday, February 4, 2011

...[N]obody has a right to lifetime employment unrelated either to their on-the-job performance or to their employer’s continuing need for the skills and attributes of that particular person...

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Analysis and Commentary

Rice-Shultz ROTC Letter

by Condoleezza Rice, George P. Shultzvia Advancing a Free Society
Thursday, February 3, 2011

We are honored to join our colleagues, former Secretary of Defense William Perry and History Professor David Kennedy, in supporting the return of the U.S. military’s ROTC programs to Stanford...

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Why Is It So Hard To Make Teachers Better?

by Eric Hanushekvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Sunday, January 30, 2011

A major focus of K-12 education reform should be placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom...

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Analysis and Commentary

Flaws in a Less Rigorous Education 'Dashboard'

by Ze’ev Wurman, Williamson M. Eversvia Education Week
Friday, January 28, 2011

The Obama administration's new online education dashboard highlights the wrong data, and too much of it—giving the public a less than-succinct summary of school and student performance..

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Why Is It So Hard To Make Teachers Better?

by Eric Hanushekvia Defining Ideas
Sunday, January 30, 2011

A major focus of K-12 education reform should be placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom.

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Analysis and Commentary

Translating the State of the Union Address

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The following is an interpretative translation of what the President really had to say about American education...

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Eric Hanushek discusses how much a good teacher is worth on NPR

via Hoover Podcasts
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses a plan to dramatically grow the US economy. The plan has nothing to do with banks, stimulus, tax cuts, or the Federal Reserve. Instead, the plan focuses entirely on public school teachers.

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Feeling Too Good About Our Schools

by Eric Hanushekvia Education Next
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

While many people want to be reassured that things are going just fine, ignoring the real message of these tests actually imperils our economic future...

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