Another Lesson in Political Accountability: It’s Mostly an Oxymoron
Hope often triumphs over experience because change is difficult. So, we imagine that changing key officeholders, or some policy tweak, will suddenly make something happen that has been rare or unheard...
View ArticleThe Beat Goes On: The Latest NAEP Scores Disappoint but Don’t Surprise
We haven’t addressed the roots of the current system’s performance deficit, and yet hope triumphs over experience that changes in funding, or changes in personnel in positions of authority, will yield...
View ArticlePerspective on the NAEP Score Trend Perspective
Edexcellence’s Michael Petrilli reacted to the NAEP score decline with an article entitled, “Heartbreak on NAEP.” Based on the trend described by his Fordham colleague, Chad Aldeman, that “Over the...
View ArticleNo Child Left Behind, now Every Child Succeeds Act, Lacks Accountability
With bipartisan support in Congress and President Obama’s blessing, the latest version of No Child Left behind, called Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is here. While it returns some power to the...
View ArticleStudent Achievement Gains Are Still Unrelated to Increased Education Spending
There is no correlation between education spending and changes in student achievement over the past quarter century. The Colman Report, titled “Equality of Educational Opportunity” and mandated by the...
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