Apr 16, 2015
Charter school lotteries are fixed. I am not suggesting operators have systematic ways to populate schools with high-achieving students. For the most part, this is a misconception propagated by chart…
Apr 2, 2015
On Saturday, March 21, Michelle Obama visited Hun Sen Prasat Bakong High School in Siem Reap province to promote the education initiative "Let Girls Learn." She met with ten girls from the senior cla…
Mar 20, 2015
After 11 persistently low-performing high schools in Jefferson County, Ky., posted impressive gains on the state-administered tests in math, various leaders and groups near and far clamored to claim …
Mar 3, 2015
From her vantage point in a foyer of Lincoln Elementary School in Bethlehem, Principal Benita Draper can keep tabs on students as they head to classes or pass through the halls at different times thr…
Feb 18, 2015
Debate about the implementation of the Common Core State Standards has reached a fever pitch, but also an intellectual low. Unfortunately, the multitude of speeches and essay…
Feb 12, 2015
Education historian Diane Ravitch, a lightning rod in the national debate on school reform, presented her case for public education Tuesday night in a well-received lecture at the Zoellner Arts Cente…