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Degrees of Value: Evaluating the Return on the College Investment
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Andrew Gillen, Jeff Selingo, and Mandy Zatynski
 | May 9, 2013

What will a student get in return for investing in college, perhaps while taking on significant debt? Often it’s not that students and families question the value of college per se, just the value of attending certain colleges.

Accountability, College Costs, Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
A Briefing for Fairfax’s New Schools Chief
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | April 19, 2013

Kris Amundson gives three tips to help the new superintendent of Fairfax County Public Schools have an easy transition. 

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement
The Four Lessons I Learned by Taking a MOOC
Commentary |
Andrew Gillen
 | April 4, 2013
Accountability, Accreditation, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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The Evergreen Effect: Washington’s Poor Evaluation System Revealed
Charts You Can Trust |
Chad Aldeman
 | March 25, 2013

The Evergreen Effect digs into Washington State data and highlights the failures of rudimentary teacher evaluation systems, and for Washington in particular, just how bad they really were.

Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Teacher Quality
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The Right Mix: How One Los Angeles School is Blending a Curriculum for Personalized Learning
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Susan Headden
 | February 6, 2013

Susan Headden profiles the Alliance Tennenbaum Family Technology High School, a blended learning pioneer that is illustrating both the strengths and challenges of implementing such a radical new way of educating students.

K-12 Education, Expanded Learning and School Time, Virtual Learning

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Retooling Teach For America
Commentary |
Jared Billings
 | July 10, 2012
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality
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Trending Toward Reform: Teachers Speak on Unions and the Future of the Profession
Reports & Briefs |
Sarah Rosenberg and Elena Silva
 | July 10, 2012
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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Getting to 2014 (and Beyond): The Choices and Challenges Ahead
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Anne Hyslop
 | June 28, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Data-Driven Improvement, Testing and Assessment, Virtual Learning
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Ready by Design: A College and Career Agenda for California
Reports & Briefs |
Anne Hyslop and Bill Tucker
 | June 19, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness, Testing and Assessment
Erie Region's Workers, Employers Still Need Community College
Commentary |
Mandy Zatynski
 | June 3, 2012
Community Colleges, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Inside IMPACT: D.C.'s Model Teacher Evaluation System
Reports & Briefs |
Susan Headden
 | June 30, 2011
Testing and Assessment, Teacher Quality
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The Road to Autonomy: Can Schools, Districts, and Central Offices Find Their Way?
Reports & Briefs |
Erin Dillon
 | June 21, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Teacher Quality
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Growth Models and Accountability: A Recipe for Remaking ESEA
Reports & Briefs |
Kevin Carey and Robert Manwaring
 | May 24, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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A Measured Approach to Improving Teacher Preparation
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman, Kevin Carey, Erin Dillon, Ben Miller, and Elena Silva
 | January 28, 2011
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality, Higher Education
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Unlikely Allies: Unions and Districts in the Battle for School Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Elena Silva and Susan Headden
 | January 11, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions

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Labeled: The Students Behind NCLB's 'Disabilities' Designation
Charts You Can Trust |
Erin Dillon
 | July 12, 2007
K-12 Education, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
Reality Check: Tracking Grads Beyond High School
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | June 11, 2007
Measuring Student Learning, Remediation
Identity Crisis: Sorting the Good from the Bad in Teacher Prep
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | April 25, 2007
Teacher Quality
The Race to Attract International Students
Charts You Can Trust |
Margery Yeager and Abdul Kargbo
 | March 20, 2007
Higher Education
How Low Teacher Quality Sabotages Advanced High School Math
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | January 8, 2007
College Readiness, Teacher Quality
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'Academically Adrift': The News Gets Worse and Worse
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | February 12, 2012
Accreditation, Measuring Student Learning, 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
The NEA's 'New Professionalism'
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | December 14, 2011
K-12 Education, Teacher Quality
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The Higher Education Monopoly is Crumbling As We Speak
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | March 13, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Higher Education
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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
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Obama vs. Colleges: It’s About Time!
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Kevin Carey
 | January 28, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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How School Choice Became an Explosive Issue
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Kevin Carey
 | January 24, 2012
K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice