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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
How Not To Teach American History
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by David Davenport, Gordon Lloydvia Defining Ideas
The Civic Education Crisis
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by David Davenportvia Defining Ideas
Charters Can Do What’s Best for Students Who Care
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by Michael J. Petrillivia New York Times
How the Education Spendthrifts Get Away With It
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by Paul E. Petersonvia Wall Street Journal
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
Global Education
Affirmative Action and the Demotion of Truth
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by Peter Berkowitzvia Real Clear Politics
A Win For Students
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by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas

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House Republicans Announce Investigation Into Chinese Propaganda On American Campuses

cited Hoover Institutionvia The Federalist
Monday, May 4, 2020

Seven top House Republicans announced a probe into Chinese influence at American universities Monday as China’s propaganda campaign to thwart global efforts combatting the novel Wuhan coronavirus has raised further scrutiny into China’s information warfare.

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The Education Exchange: “Some School Districts Are Talking About Not Reopening Until Next January”

by Paul E. Petersonvia The Education Exchange
Monday, May 4, 2020

The director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, Robin Lake, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new report published by CRPE which details school district response plans to Covid-19.

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Lanhee Chen: The Schools: A Key To America’s Reopening

by Lanhee J. Chenvia Townhall
Friday, May 1, 2020

California’s governor recently floated the idea of reopening the state’s K-12 schools as early as July. It’s an idea that should be applauded and encouraged in other states. Reopening America’s schools is not only important for the future of our kids, but also for bringing our workplaces back online and jumpstarting the economy.

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Scholar Explains ‘Why We Must Teach Western Civilization’

featuring Andrew Robertsvia The College Fix
Thursday, April 30, 2020

“If you want to argue that Kanye West’s lyrics are as good as Shakespeare, or Mongolian yurts are as sophisticated a form of architecture as Bauhaus, then Foucault will support you all the way. But if you want to understand why we do not have child slavery in the West, or disenfranchised women, or imprisonment without trial, or the imprisonment of newspaper editors, you simply have to study the cultural history that produced such an unusual and extraordinary situation in human history.”

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Freedom And The Common Good

featuring Michael J. Petrilli, Chester E. Finn Jr.via City Journal
Thursday, April 30, 2020

A new book of essays offers a range of conservative viewpoints on education.

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Why We Must Teach Western Civilization

by Andrew Robertsvia National Review
Thursday, April 30, 2020
On Tuesday, December 3, 1940, Winston Churchill read a memorandum by the military strategist Basil Liddell Hart that advocated making peace with Nazi Germany.
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Michael Petrilli: The Education Gadfly Show: Schools And Social Distancing: Just Hard, Or Actually Impossible?

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia Education Gadfly (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses the complexities that school systems must consider when reopening schools, especially if social distancing is required.

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The Grumpy Economist: COVID On Campus

interview with John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist | A Podcast with John H. Cochrane
Thursday, April 30, 2020

What the pandemic means for the future of American higher education.

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David Devenport On The John Batchelor Show

interview with David Davenportvia The John Batchelor Show
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow David Davenport discusses his Washington Examiner article "Bad student scores in history and civics flatten the wrong curve."

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Given The Pandemic, Give Students In Title I Elementary Schools The Gift Of Extra Time

by Michael J. Petrillivia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Education leaders nationwide are working twenty-four/seven to set up distance-learning opportunities for their students for the rest of the school year. That includes navigating multiple logistical and regulatory hurdles, training millions of educators overnight in how to use online tools, and figuring out how to get digital devices and packets of printed material into children’s hands, among dozens of other pressing tasks.

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