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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
Also from ES |
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

Latest Publications

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A Legal Guide to State Pension Reform
Reports & Briefs |
Bill Tucker, Sarah Rosenberg, Amy Monahan, and Jennie Herriot Hatfield
 | February 28, 2012
K-12 Education, Education Finance, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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Degreeless in Debt: What Happens to Borrowers Who Drop Out
Charts You Can Trust |
Mary Nguyen
 | February 23, 2012
College Costs, For-Profit Higher Education, Graduation Rates, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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A Postcard From Salzburg
Also from ES |
Elena Silva
 | February 17, 2012
K-12 Education
Congress Should Cut Tuition Tax Breaks Before Cutting Pell Grants Again
Commentary |
Stephen Burd
 | February 13, 2012
College Costs, Student Loans and Financial Aid, Higher Education
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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
Oregon Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Oklahoma Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
Ohio Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
North Dakota Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability
North Carolina Score Card
Reports & Briefs |
Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey
 | June 30, 2009
Accountability

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Why Fairfax Should Ax the Substandard 'Standard Diploma'
Commentary |
Kristen Amundson
 | May 27, 2011
K-12 Education, College Readiness
Don't Reduce Student Loans
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | May 24, 2011
For-Profit Higher Education, Student Loans and Financial Aid
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Teachers Swap Recipes
Commentary |
Bill Tucker
 | May 16, 2011
Teacher Quality, Virtual Learning
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The Quiet Revolution in Open Learning
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | May 15, 2011
Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
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Busting the Myth of College Admissions
Commentary |
Kevin Carey
 | April 17, 2011
College Rankings, Higher Education
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The Trinity Sisters
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | June 29, 2011
Higher Education
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Bad Job Market: Why the Media Is Always Wrong About the Value of a College Degree
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | June 9, 2011
Graduation Rates, Measuring Student Learning, Higher Education
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Reconstructing Higher Education
Also from ES |
Richard Lee Colvin and Forrest Hinton
 | June 2, 2011
College Costs, Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, Higher Education
Toxic Combination
Also from ES |
Kevin Carey
 | April 12, 2011
ESEA / No Child Left Behind, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions
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Representing Retirees: An Interview With Stephen Pincus
Also from ES |
Chad Aldeman
 | April 5, 2011
Education Finance, Teacher Quality, Teachers Unions