Many education reformers focus their talents and attention on the most vulnerable children: low-income students stuck in the lowest performing schools. This focus reflects a dismay at persistent differences between students of different socioeconomic and racial/ethnic backgrounds, a dedication to…
Month: March 2024
Effects of a Science of Learning Course on College Students’ Learning With a Computer
American Educational Research Journal, Ahead of Print. First-year courses have been used to bolster college student success, but empirical evidence on their efficacy is mixed. We investigated whether a first-year science of learning course, focused on self-regulated learning, would benefit…
U-turn on Vouchers – by Joshua Dunn
In January, the Florida Supreme Court dismissed a legal challenge to the state’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program, thereby preserving financial aid opportunities for thousands of low-income students to attend private schools.
The decision marked an about-face for the court. In 2006, the court had struck down the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, a voucher program for stude...
The Education Exchange: Winston Churchill’s Lasting Legacy – by Education Next
Andrew Roberts, a Visiting Professor at the War Studies Department at King’s College, London and the Lehrman Institute Lecturer at the New-York Historical Society, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss his new book, “Churchill: Walking with Destiny,” Winston Churchill’s lasting impact on Western civilization, and how he is taught today in schools.
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Learning Lexical Information Depends Upon Task, Learning Approach, and Reader Subtype
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Ahead of Print. Learning to read relies upon the integration of phonological, orthographic, and semantic information. However, no studies have investigated how children with varying reading abilities learn phonological-orthographic (PO) and semantic aspects of novel words…
Searching for Great High Schools – by Eric Kalenze
In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School
by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine
Harvard University Press, 2019, $29.95; 448 pages.
As reviewed by Eric Kalenze
Attempts to remake the public schools have been with us almost as long as the schools themselves. Regardless of the reinvention being pitched, the education “remakers” paint pictures of ideal learn...
The Summer 2017 Issue of Education Next Is Here! – by Education Next
The Summer 2017 cover article helps parents make a seemingly life-altering decision for their child: to redshirt or not to redshirt. An analysis of the available research finds that redshirting your kindergartener, or holding them back a year to give them more time to develop physically, socially, or emotionally, can actually do more harm than good.
This issue’s research ...
Doing Educational Equity Right: Effective Teachers
This is the eighth in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post, as well as ones on school finance, student discipline, advanced education, school closures, homework and grading. One of the ironclad beliefs among education reformers…
Behind the Headline: Most High School Seniors Aren’t College Or Career Ready by Education Next
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Most High School Seniors Aren’t College Or Career Ready, Says ‘Nation’s Report Card’
NPR | 4/27/16
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Rethinking the High School Diploma
Education Next | Winter 2015
The results from last year’s NAEP exam for 12th graders have just been released and NPR’s Anya Kamenetz takes a close look at the most import...
Educational Choice, Not School Choice, Making Moves in Florida – by Michael B. Horn
While Florida garners national attention as the site of tax credit scholarships captivating Secretary of Education Betsy Devos, a lesser-known example of choice in education in the state could be turning into a movement.
Florida is one of the homes of “course access” or “course choice” legislation that allows public dollars to follow students to pay for an individual course of...