Month: October 2024

In the News: Teachers Union Adopts New, Anti-Charter School Policy – by Education Next

Delegates to the National Education Association Representative Assembly last week approved a policy statement on charter schools that aims to limit the growth of charter schools and regulate the schools more closely. While NEA officials hailed the decision as a “fundamental shift” in the union’s stance on charter schools, Mike Antonucci looks back at an earlier NEA statement on...

In the News: Math Scares Your Child’s Elementary School Teacher — And That Should Frighten You – by Education Next

In the Los Angeles Times, Daniel Willingham tackles a problem of teaching math: “teaching deep understanding to elementary students requires that teachers have that understanding themselves. Studies consistently show many don’t.” He’s skeptical of turning the best math teachers into coaches of other teachers: “Rather than coaching others, the best math t...

The New Sugar-Frosted Politics of Education

With both Halloween and Election Day looming, it’s the ideal time to consider the new, sugar-frosted politics of education. Fifteen or 20 years ago, for better and worse, education policy was dominated by an eat-your-vegetables ethos that celebrated rigor, results, and efficiency. For Democrats, during the Bush-Obama years, the mark of seriousness was a...

The Education Exchange: Free College for One Year

Dr. Jefferson Pestronk, Executive Director, Modern States Education Alliance, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the platform, which serves as an on-ramp to college for thousands of students. Learn more at ModernStates.org. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts or here on Education Next. — Education Next The po...

What’s Holding Back the Growth of the Best Charter Schools? – by Richard Whitmire

Are high-performing charter schools destined to pop up in every city? Not quite, says Richard Whitmire in the following excerpt from his new book The Founders: Inside the revolution to invent (and reinvent) America’s best charter schools. As Whitmire explains in this excerpt, charter advocates must address three troubling trends to clear the way for further growth. Do the many ...