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For the last twenty years, the world of public education has loved to debate the value of standardized testing and policies associated with the results. This debate has become an all-con...
Month: July 2026
A Model of Chinese Spelling Development in Hong Kong Kindergarteners
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Ahead of Print. Copying characters presented previously (delayed copying) is an important skill in Chinese literacy acquisition. The relations of delayed copying and a set of literacy-related skills (including vocabulary knowledge, rapid automatized naming, phonological awareness,…
2018 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence: Top Tens – by Frederick Hess
On Wednesday we unveiled the 2018 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Of course, years ago, readers also made clear that they were curious to see how scholars fared when it came to particular fields or disciplines. After all, education research includes a lot of disparate fields, and how scholars rank overall may sometimes be less interesting than where they rank withi...
An Exit Interview With Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
The Education Exchange: Reopening in the Shadow of Covid-19
Education Versus Family: Institutional Logics in the Early Care and Education Field
Anna C. Colaner<br />Jun 1, 2016; 53:673-707<br />Articles Source: American Educational Reasearch Journal
EdNext Podcast: Why Do Field Trips Matter? – by Education Next
Randomized experiments that send some students to visit art musuems and live theater performances find that these field trips help children develop critical thinking skills and values like empathy.
In this episode of the podcast, Jay Greene talks with Marty West about why he studies field trips, why we shouldn’t focus only on boosting reading and math scores, and why kid...
Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned – by Frederick Hess
On Tuesday at AEI, along with my friend and colleague Mike McShane, I hosted a conference on “Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned.” The papers that were presented examined an array of issues, including lessons learned on accountability, standards, school turnarounds, teacher quality, research, state capacity, and more. You can check out the summary, read the p...
A People Business: How Excellent Charter Schools Hire Teachers
A teacher at Peak Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Dallas, laughs with his 7th-grade Spanish students.
In my brief time working as a charter school operations director, I was, in my early thirties, one of the oldest members of our staff. Although we could not attract teachers with the promise of higher pay than district schools, we generally hire...
In the News: A Very Bad Bargain – by Education Next
Does collective bargaining by teachers help or hurt students? An editorial in the Wall Street Journal refers readers to a recent study that tries to answer this question.
In “A Bad Bargain: How teacher collective bargaining affects students’ employment and earnings later in life,” the professors conclude: “We find strong evidence that teacher collective bargaining has a negativ...







