November 21, 2008
Potential candidates' views on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind and the issue of teacher quality should help President-elect Obama in choosing an effective secretary of education, says Anthony Ralston.
November 17, 2008
"The only certainty there should be regarding standardized-test scores is the certainty they’re not indisputable," says Todd Farley.
November 17, 2008
By addressing the concerns of both those who want high standards, and those who rightly see serious deficiencies in the tests used by most states, stakeholders could create a test system that benefits students, teachers, and the nation, says Charles Barone.
November 17, 2008
"The uneven quality of first-generation digital learning sometimes leaves an impression more of hokum than of transformation. But the second generation will not," says Andy Hoffman.
November 11, 2008
Enlisting external partners including colleges and universities to collaborate in public school improvement could be a promising strategy, say Susan H. Fuhrman and Nancy W. Streim.
November 11, 2008
"Before we can change the admissions criteria for college, we need to be clear about the skills that all high school students need today," says Tony Wagner.
November 11, 2008
In a tough economy, some top college students may be considering teaching, and merit-based scholarships could drive high-performing students into the profession, says Barbara Beatty.
November 7, 2008
"While it may be challenging to keep an online community active and available to respond to inquiries, we believe this problem will resolve itself as education’s social networks grow in size and become dominated by Web denizens," say Cecilia Cunningham and Susan Restler.
November 4, 2008
"Rebuilding the teaching profession around current attrition patterns is a lot like building a hospital at the bottom of the cliff—shortsighted and ultimately counterproductive," write Arthur E. Levine & David Haselkorn.
November 4, 2008
The many calls for "evidence based" decisionmaking notwithstanding, says Eric Schaps, the sad reality is that research has had less constructive influence during the past 10 to 15 years than it did before.
November 3, 2008
A recent decision by the College Board may make it harder to extend the advantages of Latin to the students likely to gain the most from them, warns teacher Lee T. Pearcy.
