When David Tyack became my advisor in 1972, there was only a four-year age difference between us. I had chosen to pursue a doctorate in the history of education on the cusp of middle age, already married and with two preteen daughters. Over the next decade, as I completed my degree, my professional relationship with Tyack morphed into a friendship. We eventually team-taught an...

/* custom css */ .tdi_2_760{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_5d3{ vertical-align: baseline; } NPR had a story the other week about Yale economist James Choi, who examined 50 popular personal finance books to see how their tips aligned with traditional economic advice. (You can fi...

With a swipe of our smart phone we can find the shortest route to a destination, track our heart rate, or choose a restaurant. But ask a parent to find some basic information about their child’s school and odds are they can’t. Without easily accessible information about the quality of local schools, families are left to make critical decisions about their child’s educati...

The major charge against Betsy DeVos—and certainly the one that the writers at “Saturday Night Live” recently ran with—was that she doesn’t know enough about “school” to be Secretary of Education. She hasn’t been a teacher, a principal, or a superintendent. She doesn’t know how to pick a curriculum, evaluate an instructor, or write an Individual Education Plan for students with...

/* custom css */ .tdi_2_eba{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_b7b{ vertical-align: baseline; } Graduates of Teachers College, Columbia University, Class of 2022 celebrate the successful completion of degree requirements in the fields of education, health and psychology on Monday, ...

Last month, Emily Hanford of American Public Media filed a withering indictment of reading instruction in U.S. schools. Her radio documentary, “Hard Words,” exposed how much “decades of scientific research” have taught us about reading—and how little of it has reached classroom practice via teacher training. Her conclusion was simple and unsparing: R...

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Earlier this year, the Global Teacher Prize was awarded to Andria Zafirakou, an arts educator at an inner city secondary school in London. Zafirakou joins Marty West to talk about how she uses the arts to inspire the students in her school and and her plan to use the $1 million prize to launch a charity supporting arts education in the UK. The EdNext Podcast is available on App...

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