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June 28, 2012
Next Generation Science Standards: Repairs needed
If at first you don't succeed... ...
June 21, 2012
Disruptive innovation and independent public schools
Education's mini mills ...
June 14, 2012
Nobody loves standards (and that's O.K.)
The Common Core is common sense ...
June 7, 2012
Confessions of a former Luddite
Technology: the ed-reformer’s best friend? ...
May 31, 2012
High standards, but at what cost?
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May 24, 2012
The Romney education plan
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May 17, 2012
The dilemma of academic diversity
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May 10, 2012
Supersize my education? Not in Singapore
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May 3, 2012
When Washington focuses on schools
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April 26, 2012
Overcoming the obstacles to digital learning
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April 19, 2012
Stretching the school-district dollar
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April 12, 2012
The voucher animus
8 reasons private school choice still struggles ...
April 5, 2012
What should accountability look like in the Common Core era?
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April 1, 2012
Quadruple stop the presses!!
Pump up the volume! ...
March 22, 2012
Still dissing Darwin
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March 15, 2012
Putting pay-for-performance into practice
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March 8, 2012
The conservative case for the Common Core
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March 1, 2012
The war against the Common Core
Common core, teacher ratings ...
February 23, 2012
Liberal arts vs. technical training
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February 16, 2012
10 steps to realizing online learning's potential
Governance reform proposals for online learning and Indianapolis. ...
February 9, 2012
Obama’s coming “flexibility” debacle
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February 2, 2012
The sorry state of state science standards
Casting a critical eye at America's science standards. ...
January 26, 2012
Can schools rekindle the American work ethic?
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January 19, 2012
Should schools turn children into activists? And should Uncle Sam help?
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January 12, 2012
ESEA Reauthorization: Everyone’s cards are on the table. Now let’s make a deal.
The Costs of Online Learning redux, NCLB reauthorization, Quality Counts ...
January 5, 2012
Five thoughts about NCLB on its tenth anniversary
In the spirit of NCLB's upcoming tenth birthday on Sunday, ...
December 22, 2011
Unsolved problems—and signs of hope—as 2012 dawns
As 2011 draws to a close, Checker reflects on the ...
December 15, 2011
The Accountability Plateau
Checker and Mike discuss Mark Schneider's new paper "The Accountability ...
December 8, 2011
The Euro and the Common Core
Checker makes an interesting comparison between the EU and the ...
December 1, 2011
Too many cooks, too many kitchens
This week's Gadfly is chockablock with important commentary--spanning the gamut ...
November 17, 2011
Digital Learning Edition
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November 13, 2011
Gates 2.0
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November 10, 2011
You’d be crazy to see SB5’s defeat as rejection of Ohio school reform
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November 3, 2011
Education in the P.R.C.: A layer cake baked from the top down
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October 27, 2011
Let the implementation begin!
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October 20, 2011
Halting a runaway train
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