Month: November 2020

The Schoolhouse Network – by James P. Spillane

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The work of teaching is changing. For much of the 20th century, most teachers worked alone behind classroom doors, with little interaction with their colleagues. In recent years, however, teacher collaboration has emerged as an important strategy to drive improvement, informed by research showing how on-the-job interactions can boost teacher development and effectiveness. Scho...

Bridging the College Completion Gap with Comprehensive Systems of Support – by Stacy S. Kehoe

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Differences in college completion by socioeconomic status have widened over time. For all students, succeeding in college involves managing difficult tasks and balancing competing demands. However, low-income and first-generation college-goers face unique challenges. They are more likely to enroll part-time—balancing substantial work hours with school—and to attend resource-str...

Behind the Headline: Diddy Is Opening a Charter School. When Did They Become a Hot Celebrity Accessory? by Education Next

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On Top of the News Diddy Is Opening a Charter School. When Did They Become a Hot Celebrity Accessory? Slate | 3/30/2016 Behind the Headline No Business Like Show Business Education Next | Winter 2007 In Slate, Laura Moser reports that “hip-hop and fashion impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs hopped on the bandwagon of celebrities who dabble in charter schools when he announced p...

The Politics of Choice When the Public School was Born – by Paul E. Peterson

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Public vs. Private: The Early History of School Choice in America  By Robert N. Gross Oxford University Press, 2018, $74.00; 224 pages As reviewed by Paul E. Peterson The public school is not as American as apple pie. For the entire colonial period and well into the first decades of the nineteenth century, schooling was the responsibility of churches, private tutors, and fee-pa...

Educating Independent Children in a Technologically Dependent World – by Naomi Schaefer Riley

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Technology has changed the way kids are raised and educated. In her new book Be the Parent, Please: Stop Banning Seesaws and Start Banning SnapChat, Naomi Schaefer Riley offers parents strategies for helping children grow up with sensible boundaries as well as a sense of independence. In the following excerpt, she visits a nature club for homeschooled students, where children a...

What a Democratic Wave Election Would Mean for Education Reform – by Michael J. Petrilli

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If the latest polls are to be believed, Hillary Clinton may be heading toward a landslide victory, especially as far as the Electoral College is concerned. If that happens, it will likely reverberate through down-ballot races—for the Senate and House of Representatives but also for gubernatorial and state legislative offices, too. The conventional wisdom is that disaffected mod...