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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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How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform
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Analysis and Commentary

Nine out of Ten RttT Winners are Blue States

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Thursday, August 26, 2010

At the end of round one of the RttT contest, it appeared as if politics was irrelevant...Round two tells a different story...

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A sober reflection on Race to the Top results

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

On sober, morning-after reflection, let me say this about Race to the Top. Arne Duncan deserves at least a B for initiating and persevering with it...

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Meeting of the Minds

by William G. Howell, Paul E. Peterson, Martin R. Westvia Education Next
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The 2010 EdNext-PEPG Survey shows that, on many education reform issues, Democrats and Republicans hardly disagree...

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A ‘Race to the Top’ Flop

by Michael J. Petrillivia Corner (National Review Online)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Obama administration prides itself on having the courage to stand up to the teachers’ unions — a pride that’s sometimes warranted. But not today...

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Supporters of Race to the Top Outnumber Opponents, but Plurality of Public Has No Opinion, Education Next Survey Shows

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, August 23, 2010

According to the 4th annual survey conducted by Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and Education Next, which will be released on Wednesday, a larger percentage of the public supports Race to the Top (RttT) than opposes it...

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Who Won the Race to the Top Poll—and Why

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

For the past several weeks, we have asked readers to vote as to which of the finalists should win the Race to the Top. Nearly 400 of you took the time to cast your vote, and, on the basis of your vote, I am willing to predict that the Duncan Administration is going to hand out awards to well over a majority of the contestants...

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Race to the Top round two

via Education Next
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Hoover senior fellows and members of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn discuss the number of states likely to win Race to the Top grants and whether politics will come into play.

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Race to the Top Round 2

by Chester E. Finn Jr., Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (August 17) about how many states are likely to win Race to the Top grants and whether politics will come into play...

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Will We Have the Best Courses Online in Five Years?

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, August 16, 2010

Within 10 years, half of all high school courses will be taken online, say Clay Christensen and Michael Horn. Bill Gates has now trumped that prediction with an even stronger one: within five years the best higher education will be available on the internet...

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In New York City, the Issue Is Reading, Not Gaps Between High and Low Performers

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Monday, August 16, 2010

On Monday morning, two New York Times reporters captured the front page with their worries about the racial education gap in New York City, despite clear signs of gains in minority graduation rates...

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