Month: July 2024

EdNext Podcast: What’s Behind Success at Success Academy – by Education Next

Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his new book, “How the Other Half Learns,” and his observations of a Success Academy school at work in the Bronx. Read an excerpt from the book, “Come to Jesus: Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Succ...

High School of the Future by Joanne Jacobs

There are no bells at Salt Lake City’s Innovations Early College High School, and no traditional “classes.” Students show up when they like, putting in six and a half hours at school between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Working with a mentor teacher, students set their own goals and move through self-paced online lessons. They can take more time when they need it or move ahead quickly whe...

Support Builds For Making the SAT Untimed For Everyone – by Greg Toppo

The first time she took the SAT, in December 2013, Savannah Treviño Casias got what she calls “a really low score”—1040 out of 1600. It put her squarely in the 50th percentile—not so good for someone aspiring to be a psychologist. At the time a junior at the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona, a small public charter school in Phoenix, Treviño Casias had been diagnosed in 6th ...

Betsy DeVos’s Team Stumbles on ESSA – by Michael J. Petrilli

Just when they were starting to hit their stride, the new team at the Department of Education made a big unforced error last week. The good news is that it’s almost certain to be corrected, thanks to pressure from Capitol Hill. The issue is the wonky but important feedback that Jason Botel, the acting assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, provided Tuesday...

The Education Exchange: Raising Student Achievement with Local Money – by Education Next

Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University and an Assistant Professor at IE University in Madrid, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss their co-authored paper, “Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis.” Read the full paper here. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, ...