Education Reform

Learn more about efforts to improve schools, especially through policy changes
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Teaching Profession Opinion It’s Time to Rethink the ‘One Teacher, One Classroom’ Model
Here are proven strategies to innovate the teaching profession—without necessarily adding to school budgets.
Irene Chen & Stephanie Banchero, July 20, 2022
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School & District Management Opinion Schools Can Do More Than 'Return to Normal.' Here's How
If educators are to turn the pandemic into an opportunity for lasting change, there’s one thing they need: more autonomy.
Michael B. Horn, July 7, 2022
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School & District Management Opinion Rethinking Talent, Technology, and the Shape of Post-Pandemic Schooling
The disruption born of this once-in-a-century pandemic could yield a once-in-a-century opportunity to rethink K-12 schooling.
Rick Hess, May 9, 2022
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School & District Management Opinion What Is School Reform, Anyway?
Too often, reform is a spinning wheel of one change after another, serving to exhaust educators and breed cynicism.
Rick Hess, April 26, 2022
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Federal Opinion What If We Treated Public Education Like the Crisis It Is?
A former governor warns that without an overhaul, education's failures will cost the nation dearly.
Bev Perdue, April 22, 2022
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School Choice & Charters Opinion The Kind of School Reform That Parents Actually Want
Parents' inclination to focus on solving specific problems rather than system change helps explain the appetite for novel school options.
Rick Hess, October 25, 2021
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Policy & Politics Opinion Schooling Is in Tempestuous Times. Troublemaker Checker Finn Weighs In
Chester E. Finn Jr., a force in American education for more than four decades, talks about testing, school choice, excellence, and more.
Rick Hess, October 21, 2021
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School & District Management Opinion From Testing to Teacher Pay, Surprising Common Ground on Schooling
We can’t permit principled disagreements to so obscure our vision that we become incapable of seeing points of agreement.
Rick Hess, August 18, 2021
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Accountability Did Washington D.C.'s Education Overhaul Help Black Children? This Study Says Yes
Researchers said the district's "market-based" reforms accelerated achievement versus other districts and states.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 12, 2021
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Accountability Opinion What Next-Gen Accountability Can Learn From No Child Left Behind
As we ponder what's next for accountability and assessment, we’d benefit from checking the rearview mirror more attentively and more often.
Rick Hess, August 11, 2021
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International Opinion Why Other Countries Keep Outperforming Us in Education (and How to Catch Up)
Money from the American Rescue Plan could be our last chance to build the school system we need, writes Marc Tucker.
Marc Tucker, May 13, 2021
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School & District Management Opinion Young People Have a Desire to Save Their World. How Can We Help?
Young people have an interest in learning and an innate desire to be part of saving society. Why do adults stand in the way?
Michael Fullan & Joanne Quinn, May 2, 2021
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Federal Opinion How to Engage on Education's Flash Points Without Melting Down
Political polarization isn’t inevitable. Here's how Frederick M. Hess and Pedro A. Noguera learned to bridge their own differences.
Rick Hess & Pedro A. Noguera, March 16, 2021
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Policy & Politics Opinion A Search for Common Ground in Schooling
Rick Hess reflects on why writing his new book with Pedro Noguera was one of the most heartening, inspiring experiences he's had in years.
Rick Hess, March 8, 2021
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