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Placement Exams: The Hidden Gateway
Placement exams are the hidden gateway in American education. A new partnership may yield a more transparent and aligned system of high school exit and college eligibility.
Holiday Gift Idea for the edReformers on your List
Here's an idea for the edReformer on your list: Stacey Childress's book, Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools. It came out last year, but in case you missed it -- it is also in paperback
Learning about Teaching
The initial results of the Gates Foundation’s Measures of Effective Teaching are important but not all that surprising.
Charters & Districts must work together
Great OpEd by James Merriman, NY Charter Center, and Bob Hughes, New Visions, on how districts and charter must work together to create coherent and effective portfolio of options for families.
Are Bad Schools Immortal?
If you care about equity of opportunity, the chronic failure of schools predominantly serving low income and minority students must be job one.
Transform education with digital learning
This article was written by Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Bob Wise, and Michael B. Horn and originally published on The Hill on December 7th.
The Achievement Recession
Stagnant US achievement levels impose the equivalent of another big recession. Our kids will be the first to see lower levels of prosperity and the slide continues until we confront the PISA reality that we're being out educated.
The Digital Learning Mantra for Success
According to Digital Learning Council's Gov. Jeb Bush: "Effective teaching is the most important factoring student success – digital learning does not change this. It will help teachers be even more effective. It can also extend the reach of effective teachers beyond their classroom."
Pearson Foundation Releases Global Video Series
OECD and the Pearson Foundation announce a new series of investigative films that document successful education initiatives currently improving student learning in classrooms around the world.
Compton Parents Rally to Turn Around School
Parents in Compton, California are using the "parent trigger" to take over a low-performing school and make it worthy of their students' expectations for learning.