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'Academically Adrift': The News Gets Worse and Worse
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | February 12, 2012

Kevin Carey looks in to how much students actually learn while they are in college in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Accreditation, Measuring Student Learning, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Obama vs. Colleges: It’s About Time!
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | January 28, 2012

Kevin Carey discusses President Obama's plans for college tuition in The New Republic.

College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Congress Should Cut Tuition Tax Breaks Before Cutting Pell Grants Again
Commentary |
Stephen Burd
 | February 13, 2012

Steve Burd argues for alternative ways to fund Pell Grants in The National Association of Student Financial Aid administrators.

College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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On Her Majesty's School Inspection Service
Reports & Briefs |
Craig Jerald
 | January 10, 2012

Rather than solely judging school quality on test scores, how would schools benefit from another accountability system? This report explores the concept of on-site inspections, a system used in England that gives parents better information and holds schools accountable for performance.

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Teacher Quality
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How School Choice Became an Explosive Issue
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | January 24, 2012

In The Atlantic, Kevin Carey writes about School Choice Week and how the cause has been distorted by both liberals and conservatives. 

K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
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Unlikely Allies: The Next Chapter
Also from ES |
Elena Silva
 | January 23, 2012

This exclusive interview revisits a story of “unlikely allies” in Providence who were determined to turn around the district's low-performing schools through union-district collaboration. Did it work? Most important, what does it tell us about the potential for labor-management collaboration in education going forward, in Providence and in other unionized urban districts?

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teachers Unions

Latest Publications

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A Postcard From Salzburg
Also from ES |
Elena Silva
 | February 17, 2012
K-12 Education
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Testimony: Innovations in College Affordability
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | February 2, 2012
College Costs, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
The Time is Right for a Fairfax Charter School
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | January 27, 2012
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
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MIT Mints a Valuable New Form of Academic Currency
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | January 22, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
The Most Important Goal for New DISD Chief
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | January 19, 2012
K-12 Education, College Readiness, Education Finance, Testing and Assessment
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Five Things Education Supporters Should Know About Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker
 | January 1, 2012
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality
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Striving for Student Success: A Model of Shared Accountability
Reports & Briefs |
Kelly Bathgate, Richard Lee Colvin, and Elena Silva
 | November 29, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Expanded Learning and School Time
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Rhode Island Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker, Amy Monahan, Sarah Rosenberg, and Jennie Herriot Hatfield
 | November 4, 2011
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality
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The Truth Behind Higher Education Disclosure Laws
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey and Andrew P. Kelly
 | November 3, 2011
Accountability, For-Profit Higher Education, Higher Education
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Affordable at Last: A New Student Loan System
Reports & Briefs |
Erin Dillon
 | October 28, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
Understanding Teachers Contracts
Explainers |
Andrew J. Rotherham
 | March 2, 2010
Teachers Unions
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The 411 on Cohort Default Rates
Explainers |
Ben Miller
 | February 9, 2010
For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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Moving Targets: What It Now Means to Make Adequate Yearly Progress Under NCLB
Explainers |
Erin Dillon
 | September 21, 2009
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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Understanding NAEP: Inside the Nation's Education Report Card
Explainers |
Margery Yeager
 | October 23, 2007
ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
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States' Evidence: What It Means to Make 'Adequate Yearly Progress' Under NCLB
Explainers |
Andrew J. Rotherham and Erin Dillon
 | July 23, 2007
ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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Data That Matters: Giving High Schools Useful Feedback on Grads' Outcomes
Charts You Can Trust |
Anne Hyslop
 | November 8, 2011
College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement
Map from "Debt to Degree"
Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey and Erin Dillon
 | August 3, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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A Portrait of School Improvement Grantees
Charts You Can Trust |
Padmini Jambulapati
 | April 26, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, Charter Schools and Choice
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Why 529 College Savings Plans Favor the Fortunate
Charts You Can Trust |
Chad Aldeman
 | March 8, 2011
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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More Is Less: Extra Time Does Little to Boost College Grad Rates
Charts You Can Trust |
Ben Miller
 | December 21, 2010
Graduation Rates, Higher Education
The Time is Right for a Fairfax Charter School
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | January 27, 2012
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice
Image depicting graduates, photo credit: James Yang for The Chronicle
MIT Mints a Valuable New Form of Academic Currency
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | January 22, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
The Most Important Goal for New DISD Chief
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | January 19, 2012
K-12 Education, College Readiness, Education Finance, Testing and Assessment
The NEA's 'New Professionalism'
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | December 14, 2011
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality
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For Community Colleges, a Time to Shine
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | December 11, 2011
Community Colleges, Higher Education
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A Postcard From Salzburg
Also from ES |
Elena Silva
 | February 17, 2012
K-12 Education
Photo of Senate Committee Hearing on Innovation in College Affordability
Testimony: Innovations in College Affordability
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | February 2, 2012
College Costs, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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A Radical Solution For America’s Worsening College Tuition Bubble
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | January 10, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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A Much-Needed Challenge to Low-Quality Universities
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | November 18, 2011
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Reimagining the School Day: More Time for Learning
Also from ES |
Elena Silva and Susan Headden
 | November 3, 2011
Expanded Learning and School Time