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High-Achieving Countries Leave America BehindA review of “Failing Our Brightest Kids” by Chester E. Finn Jr. and Brandon L. Wright
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In Newark, a Gift Wasted?A review of “The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?” by Dale Russakoff
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A Bad BargainHow teacher collective bargaining affects students’ employment and earnings later in life
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Learning EnglishAccountability, Common Core, and the college-for-all movement are transforming instruction
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America’s Mediocre Test ScoresEducation crisis or poverty crisis?
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When Does Accountability Work?Texas system had mixed effects on college graduation rates and future earnings
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12/6/15 | The Washington Post
High-Poverty Schools Often Staffed by Rotating Cast of Substitutes
From EdNext
No Substitute for a Teacher
Substitute teachers don't just fill in when a teacher is sick; in many schools in low-income neighborhoods, students are taught by substitute teachers year after year as teachers leave in large numbers each June or quit midyear. This can have a big impact on students.
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12/2/15 | Wall Street Journal Digits blog
Where Will Mark Zuckerberg Direct His $45 Billion? Here Are Some Clues
From EdNext
Learning Optimized
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced that they will give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares for charitable purposes to “advance human potential and promote equality.” That may include charter school systems like Summit Public Schools.
