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Analysis and Commentary

Even More Social Engineering In New York Schools

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via EducationNext
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

When the New York City Council moved the other day to require every one of the city’s thirty-two community school districts to develop a school desegregation plan, it was advancing a major initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio, his schools chancellor Richard Carranza, and a sprawling advisory panel, all of them committed to rooting out every form of selectivity and “disparate impact” in the offerings of the country’s biggest public school system. 

Interviews

Michael Petrilli On The Education Gadfly Show: The Effects Of Early College Programs

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia The Education Gadfly Show Podcast
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses the long-term impact of early college high school programs.

Analysis and Commentary

PISA 2018: Leaning Into The Economic Headwinds

by Michael J. Petrillivia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Another week, another round of test scores, this time the international variety. The latest results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) are out, and they largely track the findings from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Meaning: American scores are mostly flat, with some widening of the gaps between our high and low performers in reading and math because the higher achieving students are making progress while their peers are standing still. 

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The Lisovoi Papers At The Hoover Institution: Final Chapter Of A Tragic Story

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Iakov Markovich Lisovoi (1882–1965) was a colonel on the general staff of the Russian Imperial Army, as well as a collector who amassed an enormous volume of materials on revolutionary Russia, which formed the basis for his traveling exhibits and lecture series in the 1920s and 1930s. He named his private collection the “Museum of Contemporary Events in Russia.”

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Analysis and Commentary

The Silence Of The School Reformers

by Frederick M. Hess, Chester E. Finn Jr.via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday, December 2, 2019

A tidal wave of wokeness threatens to destroy the movement to improve our nation’s stagnating schools.

Analysis and Commentary

The Education Exchange: Building A Case Against The Blaine Amendments

by Paul E. Petersonvia The Education Exchange
Monday, December 2, 2019

Erica Smith, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case that takes a deep look at school choice and which could declare the so-called Blaine Amendments unconstitutional in 38 stages.

Analysis and Commentary

How America’s Students Need To Get ‘Woke’

by Victor Davis Hansonvia American Greatness
Sunday, December 1, 2019

The progressive campus project is a mere veneer. It is a scab of sorts, overlaying a wound beneath of progressive exploitation and class privileges and hierarchies.

Interviews

Michael Petrilli On The Education Gadfly Show: The Obstacles Of Evidence-Based Practices

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia The Education Gadfly Show Podcast
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli talks about the challenge of spreading evidence-based practices in schools.

InterviewsPolitics

Lanhee Chen: Why The Democrats Shouldn't Oppose Trump 'At Any Cost'

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia MSN News
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen says the impeachment proceedings distract Democrats from talking about "kitchen table issues" that voters care about such as health care and education. He also says former vice president, Joe Biden, is still the favorite in the Democratic nomination race.

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Even More Social Engineering In New York Schools

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

When the New York City Council moved the other day to require every one of the city’s thirty-two community school districts to develop a school desegregation plan, it was advancing a major initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio, his schools chancellor Richard Carranza, and a sprawling advisory panel, all of them committed to rooting out every form of selectivity and “disparate impact” in the offerings of the country’s biggest public school system.

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