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Degrees of Value: Evaluating the Return on the College Investment
Also from ES |
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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Higher Education's Online Revolution
Commentary |
John Chubb
 | May 31, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Measures That Matter: Why California Should Scrap the Academic Performance Index
Reports & Briefs |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | May 31, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Testing and Assessment
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Romney's Anti-Bush Education Policies
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Kevin Carey
 | May 25, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Charter Schools and Choice, Data-Driven Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind
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Revenge of the Underpaid Professors
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | May 21, 2012
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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A Philadelphia Story
Also from ES |
John Chubb
 | May 16, 2012
K-12 Education, Virtual Learning
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Putting Data Into Practice
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker
 | October 26, 2010
K-12 Education, Data-Driven Improvement, Teacher Quality
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Are You Gainfully Employed? Setting Standards for For-Profit Degrees
Reports & Briefs |
Ben Miller
 | September 16, 2010
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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Better Benefits: Reforming Teacher Pensions for a Changing Work Force
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Andrew J. Rotherham
 | August 1, 2010
Education Finance, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education
Reports & Briefs |
Ben Miller
 | May 18, 2010
College Costs, Graduation Rates, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Remediation, Higher Education
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Restructuring 'Restructuring'
Reports & Briefs |
Robert Manwaring
 | April 2, 2010
Accountability and School Improvement, ESEA / No Child Left Behind

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Tuition Discounts: Small Colleges Haggle for Top Students
Charts You Can Trust |
Erin Dillon
 | December 8, 2006
College Costs
Students are Streaming to State Virtual Schools
Charts You Can Trust |
Bill Tucker and Ethan Gray
 | November 2, 2006
Virtual Learning
The No. 1 Graduate School of Education?
Charts You Can Trust |
Kevin Carey
 | October 5, 2006
Higher Education
D.C.'s New Teacher Demographics
Charts You Can Trust |
Andrew J. Rotherham and Margaret Sullivan
 | September 7, 2006
Teacher Quality
Survey Finds White Students More Likely to Drink, Smoke, and Take Drugs
Charts You Can Trust |
Sara Mead
 | July 10, 2006
K-12 Education, College Readiness
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For Community Colleges, a Time to Shine
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | December 11, 2011
Community Colleges, Higher Education
'Striving' to Help Schools, Students Succeed
Commentary |
Richard Lee Colvin
 | December 11, 2011
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality
Some students want to forgo the responsibility of paying their college debt.
College Grads Must Pay Back Their Loans
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | December 7, 2011
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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An Innovative Tech Trio Puts Students in Solid Jobs
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | November 20, 2011
Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
Fairfax Votes for Stability — But Not Necessarily the Status Quo
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | November 11, 2011
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, College Readiness
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Unlikely Allies: The Next Chapter
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Elena Silva
 | January 23, 2012
Accountability and School Improvement, K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teachers Unions
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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
Lessons from D.C.'s Evaluation System
Also from ES |
Susan Headden and Elena Silva
 | December 1, 2011
Teacher Quality
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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