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Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles

A scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages. From 2006 to 2010, the number of students who passed statewide math tests in Grades 3 through 8 soared from 58 to 82 percent. During the same period, the...

Teach for America Answers Obama's Education Call

President Barack Obama's recent State of the Union address called for more young people to join the effort to close the vast achievement gap that exists in the United States. It turns out that Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach for America, had been ready for the president's call for 20 years. For two decades, Teach...

Opinion: Can Michelle Rhee Save Public Schools?

If school reformer Michelle Rhee hasn't yet parachuted into your hometown, chances are she soon will. You'll recognize her immediately -- she's the blunt-talking, young Korean-American woman praised by governors, scolded by teachers unions and pursued by the press. Alex Wong, Getty Images Former Washington,...

Reactions to the State of the Union: An A+ From Teachers

I was so proud of President Obama when he suggested treating teachers with the same level of respect as do the South Koreans, who refer to their teachers as nation builders. Teachers across the country are struggling with overcrowded classrooms, tiny salaries, reduced benefits and longer hours. It is time for our...

Opinion: The Missing Link in Education Reform

(Dec. 9) -- No longer can we "wait for Superman" to fix America's education system. As politicians, researchers, educators and even filmmakers continue to debate why the United States has dropped to number 25 in educational achievement in the world, the role of high-quality early childhood education in closing America's...

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Tom Vander Ark: Boosting Math Achievement: A Letter to NSF

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Department of Education (ED) are gathering input to shape a $60 million math R&D initiative.

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Opening the Kimono: Why Undergraduates Should Do Research

"So... how many textbooks are you going to sell if you write at the end of every paragraph, "but we don't really know too much about this." In his book Ignorance: How It Drives Science , Stuart Firestein, talks about how science really works. How we, in the trenches, know that we know bupkis after you scrape the surface....

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06/03/12 Berks' Best Math winner: Levi K. Sledd Source: Reading Eagle - Reading PA Levi K. Sledd isn't quite sure exactly where his mathematical talents came from.
06/03/12 State moving closer to âcore' national education... Source: Mitchell County Press-News - Osage IA The Iowa Department of Education has rolled out a series of training classes for teachers as Iowa moves toward adopting the closest thing the United States has to national standards.
06/02/12 Online math support program being cut Source: Dothan Eagle - Dothan AL An online math tutoring program that educators say has gotten results may be phased out next year.
06/02/12 John Hood: Improve schools with higher standards, more... Source: Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount NC If you say that North Carolina's public schools are better than they used to be, you'll get no argument from me.
06/02/12 Hoboken Students Better And Worse Than State Averages Source: Hoboken Patch - Hoboken NJ Hoboken High School students outperformed state averages on math and language proficiency last year.

Background on education reform

Education reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being.

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