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Tough love at the Hyde schools
Tough love at the Hyde schools
Malcolm Gauld
Shortly after his initial visit, I asked James Traub whether he planned to evaluate Hy…
Reform blockers: the American political system advantages those who prefer the status quo, which is why so little has changed in American education
Reform blockers: the American political system advantages those who prefer the status quo, which is why so little has changed in American educat…
How a teacher’s gender affects boys and girls
The why chromosome: how a teacher’s gender affects boys and girls
Thomas S. Dee
Gender gaps in educational outcomes are a matter of…
Quantity over quality; ever-declining class sizes and teachers’ dwindling pay have a common explanation: the increasing price of skilled labor
Quantity over quality; ever-declining class sizes and teachers’ dwindling pay have a common explanation: the increasing price of skilled labor -…
The seeds of growth: the United States became the world’s economic superpower over the course of the 20th century. But can today’s education system be counted on to fertilize growth in the future?
The seeds of growth: the United States became the world’s economic superpower over the course of the 20th century. But can today’s education sys…
Does the law’s great big machine for overhauling schools produce anything worthwhile?
The NCLB restruct-a-tron: does the law’s great big machine for overhauling schools produce anything worthwhile?
Schools that fail to make…
The great unknown: does the black-white test-score gap narrow or widen through the school years? It depends on how you measure – Check the Facts
The great unknown: does the black-white test-score gap narrow or widen through the school years? It depends on how you measure – Check the Facts…
Voodoo statistics in New York
Pseudo-science and a sound basic education: voodoo statistics in New York
Eric A. Hanushek
Checked:
“The New York Adequacy S…
A famousand dearly departedEnglish novelist visits a modern American high school
Sentences and sensibilities: a famousand dearly departedEnglish novelist visits a modern American high school
Diane Ravitch
Jan…
