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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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Hanushek is on the Mike McConnell Show

via Mike McConnell (WGN)
Friday, November 12, 2010

Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses the quality of education in the United States with Mike McConnell. The Hanushek interview begins approximately 30 minutes into the show.

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Analysis and Commentary

Test evaluation put teachers on the spot

by Eric Hanushekvia Sacramento Bee
Friday, November 12, 2010

In an unexpected action last summer, the Los Angeles Times published the ratings of teacher effectiveness for 6,000 teachers by name. This is a potential game-changer...

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High-Achieving math students in the United States and abroad

via Education Next
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Hoover senior fellow and member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Paul Peterson discusses a recent study, which looks at how high-achieving math students in the United States trail those from other countries and what could be done to boost the percentage of high performers in the U.S.

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A Fond Farewell to Joel Klein

by Michael J. Petrillivia Corner (National Review Online)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Joel Klein deserves a ton of credit for what he accomplished in New York City. The Big Apple has been the epicenter of education reform for almost a decade now, thanks to him...

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High-achieving math students in the United States and abroad

via Education Next
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss their new study, which looks at how well the United States, as a whole and individually, is producing high-achieving math students, compared to other countries.

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Teaching Math to the Talented

by Eric Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson, Ludger Woessmannvia Education Next
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Which countries—and states—are producing high-achieving students...?

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Analysis and Commentary

Let Cathie Black Dig Down Deep To Institute Major Education Reforms

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes.com Blogs
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The major task that faces Cathie Black, chairwoman of Hearst Magazines and [New York City School System Chancellor Joel Klein's] designated successor, is to move relentlessly on that issue in an effort to obtain greater level of flexibility in the hiring, firing and promoting of teachers...

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Analysis and Commentary

Disturbing Trend: Reformers as Compliance Police

by Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Friday, November 5, 2010

So there you have it: results-based reform (charter schools) clashing with process-based reform (improved teacher evaluations). Which is it going to be...?

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America's math deficit

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Just as attention has turned to developing more scientists and engineers, a new study by Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson (along with Hoover national fellow Ludger Woessmann, 2009–10) shows that the United States lags significantly behind other developed countries in producing students with advanced math skills. The United States currently ranks 30th in the world; the best state (Massachusetts) is only 17th.

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The welcome earthquake

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Education Gadfly (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
Thursday, October 28, 2010

...[A] week before the election we could be sitting on a tectonic fault with the potential to turn into an education earthquake—and that might actually be a blessing. It has to do with teachers, their unions, and U.S. politics—all of which would benefit from some profound movement...

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