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Analysis and Commentary

Geography: The Unloved Stepchild Of American Education

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Many urgent challenges await the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and its governing board (NAGB) in the coming months, including whether the scheduled biennial testing of reading and math in grades four and eight is feasible during the 2020–21 school year. Present law requires that this happen, but what if schools aren’t open or if health precautions mean the assessors must don PPE to enter classrooms where spotty attendance also distorts the student sample?

Analysis and Commentary

A Conservative Agenda For School Board Members

by Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Let us start with a confession: As card-carrying members of the school-choice and testing-and-accountability wings of the education reform movement, we have at times been dismissive, even hostile, to local school board members. That’s because these elected officials, constrained as they may be by laws, regulations, and the leanings of those they employ, have often seemed willing to protect the status quo and resist changes intended to overhaul the jalopy we call American public schooling.

In the News

The Future Of Schools After COVID-19

quoting Terry M. Moevia Reno Gazette Journal (NV)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Vernon Law dispatched wisdom along with his legendary fastball, once saying; “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, and the lesson afterwards.” So true. Experience has taught us that school systems are slow to change, but the post-coronavirus economy will demand it.

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What's Next For Education? Michael Petrilli Answers Viewers Questions

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia News12
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses how our schools can balance safety and learning in a COVID-19 world.

Analysis and Commentary

Half-Time High School May Be Just What Students Need

by Michael J. Petrillivia Bloomberg
Saturday, May 9, 2020

For older students, the virus will change how the school day is structured. It’s about time.

Interviews

Lanhee Chen On Bloomberg: Balance Of Power

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia Bloomberg
Monday, May 11, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses his Washington Post article "Here’s how college students can return to campus in the fall."

Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond: COVID-19 and Schools

interview with Eric Hanushek, Margaret (Macke) Raymondvia Hoover Virtual Policy Briefings
Thursday, May 14, 2020

A Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing with Eric Hanushek and Margaret Raymond: COVID-19 and Schools
Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 11AM PT/ 2PM ET.

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Law Talk With Epstein & Yoo, #134: “A Race To The Bottom”

interview with Richard A. Epstein, John Yoovia Law Talk With Epstein, Senik & Yoo
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Michael Flynn, Title IX, The COVID Reopening, and a Supreme Court roundup.

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GoodFellows: Education, Economics—and Woodpeckers

interview with John H. Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMastervia Hoover Podcasts
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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A simple question for this week: where will we be a year now, assuming the COVID-19 pandemic has been tamed?
Analysis and Commentary

The Education Exchange: “Some Fear And Some Anxiety”

by Paul E. Petersonvia The Education Exchange
Monday, May 11, 2020

The Director of the Public Policy Research Lab at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication, Michael Henderson, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Louisiana’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how the public is responding to the state’s stay-at-home order.

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