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Analysis and Commentary

UFT wrong to fight Joel Klein's attempt to release teacher data

by Eric Hanushekvia Daily News (NY)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

New York City's schools chancellor, with the support of Mayor Bloomberg, wants to release the value-added test score results for 12,000 teachers...I've spent many years looking carefully at such data. I know it can be incendiary; I know it has flaws. Still, I strongly support its release...

Terry M. Moe

Moe speaks about technology and American education

via Hoover Institution
Monday, October 18, 2010

Terry Moe is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a member of Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, and the William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford. He is an expert on educational policy, U.S. political institutions, and organization theory. He presented a talk titled “Technology and the Future of American Education” at the Hoover retreat held October 17-19, 2010. (25:30)

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Now What? Imperatives and Options for Common Core Implementation and Governance

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Michael J. Petrillivia Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

This Fordham Institute publication—co-authored by President Chester E. Finn Jr. and VP Michael J. Petrilli—pushes folks to think about what comes next in the journey to common education standards and tests...

Analysis and Commentary

There Is No 'War on Teachers'

by Eric Hanushekvia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

There is a growing bipartisan agreement on the importance of rewarding good ones...

Analysis and Commentary

Die Luft der Konservatismus weht

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Sunday, October 17, 2010

All is quiet on the Western front this year. Walking around [Stanford's] campus yields little evidence that this is an election year...

Analysis and Commentary

Baltimore Schools Take Tentative Step in Right Direction

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Corner (National Review Online)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

If ratified by union members on October 14, Baltimore’s new teacher contract will move the “Charm City” a modest distance into the 21st Century...

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Waiting for Superman: Don't look for easy answers that the film implies, panel of educators says

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, participated in a panel discussion concerning the film Waiting for Superman, which offers a disturbing window into the lives and hopes of five at-risk kids and their families.

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Incentives to Teachers and Students

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Sunday, October 3, 2010

School vouchers, and especially the charter school movement, is bringing competition to the traditional neighborhood school. No longer can public schools automatically have a captive audience of all the school age children in their neighborhood...

Paul Peterson and Checker Finn

At the movies with Paul and Checker

via Education Next
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

In this podcast, Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn discuss the movie Waiting for Superman.

Analysis and Commentary

Kill HQT ASAP

by Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

I felt this way even before this week’s surprise ruling by the (oft-overturned) Ninth Circuit. The court invalidated a Bush Administration-era regulation that allowed Teach For America participants (and other alt cert teachers) to be considered “highly qualified” while they worked toward full state certification...

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