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Chicago Teachers Strike Day 2: Reactions; CTU’s Lewis Calls Deal ‘Lunacy’
As the Chicago Teachers Union strike concludes its second day, there appears to be very little progress in negotiations — CTU President Karen Lewis calls the possibility of concluding negotiations...
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John Jensen: What Testing Tells Us about Education
by John Jensen, PhD An insight about education in general lurks within testing — if people care to look. It concerns the degree of match between what is learned and what is assessed. To take practical...
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Georgia Voters Approve Charter School Measure
Georgia voters approved Amendment One on Tuesday’s ballot, which will reform the state’s constitution to allow a state-level commission to evaluate and approve charter school applications. The issue...
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In Political Science, 11 Schools Generate 50% of Researchers
By Robert Oprisko Georgetown Public Policy Review On September 21, 2010, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the use of academic prestige in the hiring of law students after he was made aware...
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Do Online MBAs Face a Reputation Hurdle?
One of the chief concerns of both students and providers of online education programs is the effect of the new medium’s reputation. Students want a degree that will play as well in the employment...
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Common Core in Tennessee: Where Do We Go From Here?
by Bethany Bowman The national non-profit GreatSchools points out that out of 57 countries tested globally the United States scored 17th in Science and 24th in Math. The percentage of 3rd grade...
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John Jensen: How Automaticity Kills Education Reform
by John Jensen, PhD Why is education reform so hard? The problem may lie in our plans, of course. Poor plans don’t work well. But we have been at this a long time. Why don’t we learn from our...
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Book Review: Teaching Math in the 21st Century
“Teaching Math in the 21st Century” By Barry Garelick; Introduction by Ze’ev Wurman; 2015, $9.95; 164 pages As reviewed by Matthew Tabor, Editor, Education News I spend my days working, and primarily...
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A Comparison of Common Core Math to Selected Asian Countries
Jonathan Goodman Professor of Mathematics Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University July 9, 2010 Executive summary. The proposed Common Core standard is similar in earlier grades...
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Senate Approves Every Student Succeeds Act, Obama to Sign
In a bipartisan 85-12 vote today, the United States Senate has approved the Every Student Succeeds Act — the replacement for No Child Left Behind, the current version of the Elementary and Secondary...
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Editor: Thoughts on Cato Institute’s Andrew J. Coulson
Andrew Coulson, Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Cato Institute, has passed at the age of 48. Cato colleagues Neal McCluskey and Jason Bedrick have detailed Andrew’s contributions to how we...
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