This is the last issue of Education Next for which I will serve as editor-in-chief. In an era when many magazines have disappeared from newsstands, it is an honor that so many of you continue to find the journal’s material…
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The Education Exchange: Chris Cerf on a New Chapter for School Reform in Newark – by Education Next
The state of New Jersey is returning to the city of Newark the power to run its school system. Chris Cerf, who served as state superintendent of New Jersey and then district superintendent of Newark, joins Paul Peterson to talk about the changes that have taken place in the Newark school district and what lies ahead.
Last year, EdNext published “Continuing Change in Newar...
The Rise of Dual Credit
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Aniken Castaneda amassed 30 college credits before graduating from his high school.
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What We’re Watching: How Did Massachusetts Pull Off Its Educational Miracle? – by Education Next
Massachusetts’s test scores are now the best in the nation. The scores first began to rise in the 1990s after the state enacted major reforms to its education system. How were state leaders able to pull this off?
On December 7, 2017 from 3–5 p.m., Fordham hosts a discussion with David Driscoll, the man behind many of the reforms and the author of a new book, Commitment a...
The Dumbing Down of Advanced Placement Tests
“We are so proud that our students are yet again leading the nation in AP scores and breaking all-time records. . . . Apples to apples, student to student, across the country, Massachusetts students are at the top, as I want them to be.” —Maura Healey, Massachusetts Governor
“This refinement strengthens the accuracy of our scoring. . . . In fact, AP sta...
The Education Exchange: A $14 Trillion Loss from Coronavirus-Related School Closures
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The Social Wealth Gap
In today’s economy, what you know still matters, but who you know—and who knows you—matters just as much.
Young people from affluent, well-connected families often inherit a quiet advantage that includes access to mentors, family friends, alumni networks, and managers who can offer advice, open doors, and vouch for them. Their peers from low-income or f...
Are Low-Quality Private Schools on the Rise in Florida? – by Matthew M. Chingos
Executive Summary
Education researchers and policymakers are increasingly interested in tracking students’ long-term outcomes, such as high school graduation, college enrollment, college graduation, and earnings in the labor market. But the obvious fact that a long time has to pass before long-term outcomes can be measured means that such evidence is dated by the time it is av...
Is The Press Fair and Balanced on Charter Schooling? by Frederick Hess
twenty20.com
Charter schools are controversial. Even as public support for charter schooling has steadily increased over time (according to the 2015 Education Next poll the public supported charters by 47% to 19%), the media is filled with one charged charter debate after another. The disciplinary practices of New York’s heralded Success Academies. A Broad Foundation proposal...
No Homework? No Problem.
A few weeks back, Education Week reported on a new survey of what teachers had to say about homework. The results were illuminating. Forty percent of teachers said they had assigned less homework over the last two years, while just 3 percent said they’d assigned more. Twenty-four percent of teachers assigned no homework at all. Those assigning less home...