Eric Hanushek

Silicon Valley Nonprofit Launches Full-Scale Assault On Teacher Protection Laws

| John Fensterwald | Posted 05.18.2012

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. A nonprofit founded by a Sil...

Remove Stakes From Standardized Testing to Strengthen Education

John Thompson | Posted 05.15.2012

John Thompson

Think of how the divisiveness in education would decrease if we borrowed from the Bill of Rights and adopted a code of ethics declaring, "No stakes shall be attached to standardized tests without the consent of the student or educator."

Principals Matter: School Leaders Can Drive Student Learning

Karin Chenoweth | Posted 04.04.2012

Karin Chenoweth

So if principals matter, it would be worthwhile to understand what highly expert and effective principals do that matters so much. Are they good at hiring and keeping strong teachers?

The Debate on NCLB's Failure Is All Over but for the Shouting

John Thompson | Posted 03.12.2012

John Thompson

Education bureaucrats who worked with pieces of paper can claim innocence due to their lack of knowledge of poor schools, but a decade ago educators predicted precisely how and why NCLB would backfire.

Joy Resmovits

Do Tests Help Student Learning?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.23.2011

When the National Research Council published the results of a decade-long study on the effects of standardized testing on student learning this summer...

Why Can't School "Reformers" Listen to Education Experts?

John Thompson | Posted 01.03.2012

John Thompson

This week's debate between Eric Hanushek and Diane Ravitch exemplifies the tendency of true believers in data-driven policies to refuse to communicate with educators.

Joy Resmovits

75 Trillion Reasons Why U.S. Math Proficiency Matters

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.17.2011

U.S. students rank poorly in proficiency on both domestic and international math exams, a problem that could cost the country $75 trillion over 80 yea...

Joy Resmovits

Teacher Evaluation Regulations Illegal, Claims New York State Teachers Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.29.2011

NEW YORK -- The fight over how to measure the state's teachers made its way to court this week, with New York's largest teachers' union suing the Boar...

If Gov. Walker Thinks Wisconsin's Illinois, Dream On

Jacqueline Edelberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacqueline Edelberg

The question still remains: In what backwards universe could adults allow this deplorable situation to fester?

Great Teaching: Not Just a Good Idea, It's the Law (Almost)

Jacqueline Edelberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacqueline Edelberg

Imagine running a business with tenured employees who only need to demonstrate "competence." What would your workplace climate feel like? What kind of product would you produce?

How Much Is A Good Teacher Worth? Report Says $400,000 A Year

Posted 05.25.2011

How much is a good teacher worth? Some would say they're priceless, but recent findings in the National Bureau of Economic Research's The Economic Val...