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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Not Meeting Standards: A Warning Light, Not A Death Sentence
Last week, I complained that Eva Moskowitz and other reformers weren’t being fair when they described schools as “persistently failing” because they didn’t get many of their students to the ambitious levels built into the Common Core.
Cuomo’s Gambit: Thinking Big To Fix Schools
Across the country, Democratic governors and mayors have cozied up to the teachers unions and given up on education reform. Not New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo.
Bused And Broken: Years Of District Policy Threw Brandon's Mclane Middle School Into Turmoil
First she noticed the gates around the building, then the boys playing football shirtless at the bus stop. Kenyatta McClairen had a bad feeling about her 11-year-old son's new school.
Senators Propose Replacing No Child Left Behind
Two prominent senators have unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at replacing the No Child Left Behind program enacted under President George W. Bush, The Washington Post reported.
Bravo
The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, unveiled a few days back by Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray and scheduled for HELP Committee mark-up on April 14, is a remarkable piece of work.
Common Core Sets Education Goals That Emphasize Depth Over Breadth
Three decades ago, a presidential commission warned that our students’ educational shortcomings had become so pronounced as to reach a tipping point that endangered national security.
New York City Charters Leave Thousands Of Seats Unfilled Despite Exploding Demand, Study Finds
New York City’s charter schools are leaving thousands of seats unfilled each year despite ballooning demand and long waiting lists, according to an analysis of public data to be released Friday.
Alexander-Murray: This Is What Compromise Looks Like, In A Single Table
I’m back from a week’s vacation and pleased to find that ESEA reauthorization is still (if just barely) alive. The release of a compromise bill from Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander and ranking member Patty Murray gives me an excuse to bring back my beloved color-coded ESEA table.
Patty Murray And The Return Of Wishful Thinking
Everyone is right to laud the impressive work of Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander and ranking member Patty Murray in producing a strong bipartisan bill to update the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
Victor Davis Hanson On Kelley and Company (30:14)
Hoover fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his articles concerning the "Thought Police" and education.
What’s Next On ESEA?
Tell me if you disagree, my fellow wonks and pundits, but I don’t think anyone predicted a 22-0 vote from the Senate HELP committee on ESEA reauthorization. What an amazing tribute to the bipartisan leadership of Chairman Lamar Alexander and ranking member Patty Murray.
Technology may help poor schools by starting with rich ones
["Saving Schools"] is an analytical history of key American school reformers, from Mann to John Dewey to Martin Luther King Jr. to Al Shanker to Bill Bennett to James S. Coleman. I knew about those guys, but the last chapter discussed someone I never heard of, Julie Young, chief executive officer of the Florida Virtual School...
Education Next: Fueled by Federal Stimulus Package, Education Spending Will Likely Increase Over Next Decade Despite Lack of Achievement Gains for Students
Despite an economic downturn and new data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released last month that show no learning gains in math for American 4th graders, the nation`s public schools will likely have more money and a larger and better paid labor force than they had in 2009, according to education researchers James W. Guthrie and Arthur Peng of Vanderbilt University. . . .
Has School Accountability Outlived Its Shelf Life?
One of the earliest casualties of the COVID-related school closures was school accountability for academic results, and many education leaders want it to stay that way.
A Model of Cultural Leadership
The achievements of privately-funded vouchers
The Future of Arkansas Public School Reform in the Era of "No Child Left Behind"
KORET TASK FORCE ON K–12 EDUCATION
Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning
Peterson places today's debate over American education in historical context by showing how school reformers centralized political control without realizing the customized learning they sought. In a compelling conclusion, he shows how virtual learning can reverse these trends, allowing each student to access directly the information they need.
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Public School
Two seminal events transformed the educational institutions of the West—the invention of the Gutenberg printing press in 1455 and the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
Students Who Attend Smaller Schools Earn More Later On
Perverse Incentives of the Lawyers Guild
Law schools are in trouble. Applications are down almost 50% to an estimated 54,000 this year from 100,000 in 2004. Little wonder.