Summer reading for your inner wonk
The summer 2004 issue of Education Next is out and contains many items worthy of your attention. For example, Jay Greene and Marcus Winters's account of how Florida's A+ voucher program has spurred failing schools to improve. Voucher-eligible schools, they found, made gains 15.1 percentile points higher on the FCAT math test than the Florida average. Schools that were "voucher-threatened"-one more "F" from becoming voucher-eligible, that is-made gains 9.2 percentile points higher. Also, check out Daniel Willingham on "multiple intelligences," Senator Lamar Alexander on "Pell Grants for Kids," and a debate on whether school boards are obsolete.
Education Next, Summer 2004
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