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The State of State Science Standards 2005
Chester E. Finn, Jr. , Martha Schwartz , Lawrence S. Lerner , Susan Haack , Paul Gross , Richard Schwartz , Ursula Goodenough / December 7, 2005
Science education in America is under attack, with "discovery learning" on one flank and the Discovery Institute on the other. That's the core finding of this comprehensive review of state science standards, the first since 2000. Written by pre-eminent biologist Paul R. Gross, The State of State Science Standards 2006 ...
Halfway Out the Door
Steve Farkas , Ann Duffett / November 2, 2005
What do ordinary Ohioans think about the myriad education reforms enacted in the Buckeye state over the last half-decade? How do parents, taxpayers, and citizens view public schooling in 2005? Do they like these reforms? Seek more or less of them? Have confidence that they'll succeed? Fordham decided to enlist ...
Less Than Proficient
Michael J. Petrilli , Chester E. Finn, Jr. , Paul Gross / October 24, 2005
Almost every week a new report or commission decries the decline of America's preeminence in science, and calls for the nation's education system to raise standards in order for our economy to remain competitive with the rest of the world. Within this context, the National Assessment Governing Board is preparing ...
School Performance in Ohio's Inner Cities: Comparing Charter and District School Results in 2005
Terry Ryan , Allison Porch , Kristina Phillips-Schwartz / October 13, 2005
How are charter schools in Ohio truly performing when compared to their district counterparts? The latest Fordham Foundation report, School Performance in Ohio's Inner Cities: Comparing Charter and District School Results in 2005 provides a rare apples-to-apples comparison of charter school and district school achievement in four of Ohio's cities: ...
Playing to Type?
Dick Carpenter / October 6, 2005
What does the phrase "charter school" convey? Besides some basic information about structure, politics-governance, and accountability, what does the charter heading tell us about the curriculum, pedagogy, and theory of learning of the roughly 3,500 schools that fall under it? Not a heckuva lot. To fill the void of information, ...
Mayhem in the Middle: How middle schools have failed America, and how to make them work
Chester E. Finn, Jr. , Cheri Pierson Yecke / September 14, 2005
American middle schools have become the places "where academic achievement goes to die." So says Cheri Yecke, K-12 Education Chancellor of Florida and author of the new Fordham report Mayhem in the Middle: How middle schools have failed America, and how to make them work. Today's middle schools have ...
