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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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HESI Background Paper

Ready or Not? Preparing All Students For a Meaningful Post–High School Experience

by Marie O'Haravia Hoover Education Success Initiative | The Papers
Monday, February 10, 2020

This essay provides a landscape analysis of high school graduation requirements across states, analyzes states’ recent student outcomes data, and names actions state education leaders can take to improve alignment and achievement.

Background paper for The Diploma Dilemma.

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Analysis and Commentary

The Education Exchange: How To Increase Stagnant Teacher Salaries

by Paul E. Peterson interview with Eric Hanushekvia The Education Exchange
Monday, February 10, 2020

The Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education at the Hoover Institution, Eric Hanushek, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new paper by Hanushek that offers guidelines for states and local governments on how to raise teacher pay in a way that best supports improved student achievement.

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In the News

How To Help Your Kids Find Their Calling In Life: 4 Secrets From Research

cited William Damonvia The Ladders
Sunday, February 9, 2020

In prior centuries, life was simpler for young people. Not necessarily better, mind you, but definitely simpler.

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The Libertarian: School Choice And The Supreme Court

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Friday, February 7, 2020

A Montana case may have major implications for the future of educational freedom.

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Interviews

Michael Petrilli On The Education Gadfly Show: Finding The Right School For Your Child

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia Education Gadfly
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses whether affluent suburban kids deserve vouchers too.

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Analysis and Commentary

Students Learn More From Teachers With High Grading Standards

by Amber M. Northern, Michael J. Petrillivia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Many moons ago, one of us was a first-year teacher of high school English in a rural district that loved its football. It was the end of the first term as I sat at my desk after school in a musty classroom trailer—there being no room in the main building for rookies—trying to finish up my grades in time for report cards. 

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Analysis and Commentary

Civics Education, Civic Activism, Civic Participation

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Civics-education aficionados (and worriers) are generally acquainted with the 2018 issue brief from the Center on American Progress titled The State of Civics Education. It usefully summarized civics-education requirements and practices in the several states, highlighted a few worthy cases in point, and documented the parlous condition of civic learning in the U.S. at this point in our history.

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Teachers Deserve Higher Pay. Should The Money Come From Pension Funds?

featuring Eric Hanushekvia The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University has always seemed to me a conservative think tank, dominated by a 285-foot tower honoring a one-term president who was born in 1874. Students are drawn to Stanford not by Hoover but by the university’s involvement in the thrilling innovations of the 21st century.

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Wokeademia Spreads

by John H. Cochranevia Grumpy Economist
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

In my first and second posts on "diversity statements," I discovered how these political loyalty oaths are now required by the University of California and the National Institutes of Health.

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In the News

Governor To Announce Plans To Reduce Testing In Georgia

quoting Chester E. Finn Jr.via WSB-TV
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The governor plans to announce legislation Tuesday to “reduce high-stakes K-12 testing in Georgia.”

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