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Longer School Days Not Good for Quality

Nancy Pine | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Chinese Government, Homework, Longer School Day, China, Chinese Schools, Exams, Chester Finn, Education News
Nancy Pine

Every time I head for China, U.S. teachers and parents ask me how we can get our students to be more like the Chinese students. Meanwhile, the Chinese tell me how much they long for American-style education.

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The Nation's Young Hit Hard By Recession, Squeezed Out Of Early Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: New York Schools, Public Pre-K, Washington D.C. Schools, Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators, Public Pre-Kindergarten, FPG Child Development Institute, Alliance for Quality Education, District of Columbia, Eliot Spitzer, New York Education, Early Education, National Institute for Early Education, Chester Finn, Prekindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Pre-K, d.c. Schools, Head Start Program, Low-Income Students, Education News

WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shr...

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The Three Horsemen of Arts Education

Nick Rabkin | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Antonio Damasio, Public Schools, Philadelphia, Tax Rebellion, Cognitive Science, Arne Duncan, Atlanta, Washington, Diane Ravitch, No Child Left Behind, Achievement Gap, George Lakoff, Fiscal Crisis, Dc, New York, Neuroscience, Art, Mark Johnson, School Reform, Arts Education, Chester Finn, Chicago, Education News
Nick Rabkin

If more education policymakers begin to recognize the poor returns that school reform has brought, we may, even in this time of deep economic strain, see a new openness to the arts in our schools.

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Class Bias, Class Size and Online Learning

Leonie Haimson | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Fordham Institute, Brookings Institute, Class Size, Bill Gates, Chester Finn, Center for American Progress, Education News
Leonie Haimson

It seems that the D.C. think tanks are absolutely dedicated towards further encouraging this trend and destroying any efforts to retain equitable class sizes in our public schools.

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Can the Philanthropic Billionaire and the President of the AFT find common ground?

Mike Klonsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Bill Gates, Randi Weingarten, Chinese Education, Arne Duncan, American Federation of Teachers, Pisa, School Reforms, Chester Finn, Education News
Mike Klonsky

There's nothing wrong with trying to raise the bar on teacher quality. But if Gates' reform strategy is to make all teachers equal in skill, he's barking up the wrong tree.

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Education Reform Debate Needs Bigger Battlefield

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan, Karen Symms Gallagher, Education Reform, Chester Finn, No Child Left Behind, Teacher Preparation, USC Rossier School of Education, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

Few will dispute that more education reforms are needed. But many of the prescriptions may not be up to the task of dramatically improving student achievement.

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We Need Business Leaders Who Know About History

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

If we are going to break out of this economic crisis, we don't need business leaders trained in business schools. We need leaders who know and understand history.

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