Opinion
Lessons From An Education Poll
To have a productive public debate on education, the public needs more education so they can make informed judgments.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
How do we ensure poor students attain grade level proficiency? Increasingly, policymakers are latching on to class-size reduction as a cure-all, imbuing smaller classes with the power to eradicate intractable achievement gaps.
Opinion
No. 913: Teachers Do Make a Difference
The quality of teachers, research shows, matters more than the amount of money thrown at schools.
Opinion
Lindalyn’s Journal
Henry Brooks Adams, historian and political biographer (and grandson of John Quincy Adams) had this to say about the indelible and enduring impact of teachers: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Well said – and true of both our best and worst teachers.
Opinion
Tapping Assistants for School Reform
The budget deficit estimated FY 2005-06 keeps growing — in part because of the assumption that hundreds of millions of new dollars must be spent on Leandro mandates. Not necessarily.
Opinion
A Cool $25 Million Savings
The most favorable outcome study to date of national board certification of teachers suggests that its benefits are too limited to justify the annual cost to taxpayers.
