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Common Core State Standards: “Academic Child Abuse” or Common Sense?
How can so called education “experts” be so far apart on the issue of common core state standards (CCSS) and whether they are the right approach for our children? One such expert (and former colleague...
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No One Saw This Coming!
If you work in the department of education in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island or Tennessee you may...
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Charter School Opponents, Are You Paying Attention to This?
Mathematica Policy Research has released its second report in a five-year study of 43 Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) middle schools. The report evaluates achievement and student outcomes of KIPP...
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Public Opinion in Chicago Puts Kids First
The Chicago Public Schools’ battle with its teachers union over school reform has been headline news for the better part of the last six months. One of the reforms Mayor Rahm Emanuel has implemented is...
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Confirming What We Already Know About Higher Ed
A new survey about employer perspectives towards postsecondary learning and student success was released yesterday by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The report analyzes employer...
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Employers: We Need to Upgrade Our Education System
The business community has a lot of interest in how the nation’s education system is performing. After all, companies are the eventual consumer of the education system. So, does business believe our...
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Education, Jobs, and the American Dream: How We Got Here
The United States is losing ground. Between 1880 and 1980, we were a world leader in wage parity, productivity, and technological innovation. Our country gained, on average, about one year’s worth of...
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Texas Ropes Higher Education Data
While collecting data for the “Transparency & Accountability” section of our 2012 Leaders & Laggards report, I discovered that Texas’s online institutional resumes, while a bit bland in...
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Making the Right Decision for Chicago’s Kids
Yesterday, the Chicago Public School (CPS) Board voted to close 49 underperforming and under enrolled elementary schools in the city. Reforming Chicago’s public education system has been a priority for...
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Why Universities Sanction Classes about Chocolate
A professor stands at the front of a 300-person lecture hall, but the balding man’s words reach only the diligent few who brave seats in the spit zone. About a third of the enrolled students decided...
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