One of the top two reasons we don't have the schools we need is the way we test kids (the other is work rules for adults, but that's subject for anoth...

The challenge is inventing (and investing in) the future of learning. This is a task for entrepreneurs and the risk takers that support them.

The 'good teachers make all the difference' research is now driving edu-investment. The theory goes: make good teachers, schools get better. I sub...

Edu-curmudgeon Diane Ravitch wants to kill NCLB and go back to local control. Most folks working in education would agree with her EdWeek commentary ...

The first big challenge is getting state and district officials to do the right thing and close failing schools. It's politically difficult to close bad schools, even the worst have a constituency.

For someone that spent most of the last 10 years working on this problem it is discouraging to see the grad rate dip this low.

The New York Times asks "Can governments till the fields of innovation?" The story profiles John Kao who recently launched The Institute for Large Sca...

About half of low income and minority students fail to graduate. The causes are complicated. Perhaps most foundational are our attitudes about and aspirations for young people.

Education is political -- especially in America. We argue about ends (standards), means (pedagogy), how students show what they know (assessment), sc...

I'm trying to figure out whether the stimulus bill and a hard charging Secretary of Education will produce any real progress.