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How Two Seemingly Similar Colleges Are Actually Very Different
Read moreAs the college application season ramps up and admission letters start to trickle in, teenagers across the country are…
Students With Disabilities: Going Nowhere on NAEP
Read moreCompared with 2011, students with disabilities saw almost flat performance* on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) this year,…
Every Dispelling the Myth School Has Something to Teach Us
Read moreI’ve been lucky enough to visit all of Ed Trust’s Dispelling the Myth Award winners since 2005 (and even…
Fast Fact: It’s Going to Take Work
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Voices of Reason Taking Hold in Common Core Debate
Read moreEducation leaders and policymakers should take note of states like Louisiana and Massachusetts that plan to slow down the…
Duncan Backlash: A Sign That We Aren’t Communicating Effectively
Read moreThere are some misconceptions about the Common Core State Standards — namely that they were created by the federal…
U.S. Performance on International Tests Stalls; Large Achievement Gaps Remain
Read moreWASHINGTON (December 4, 2013) The latest results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that U.S.…
Choosing Differently: Instead of Pursuing Ever-Higher Rankings, Some Colleges Serve a Nobler Purpose
Read moreUPDATEDAt a time when so many colleges and universities are making what seem to be deeply immoral choices, about…
Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
Read moreUnited States House of RepresentativesCommittee on Education and the WorkforceSubcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce TrainingPrepared Testimony ofMicha…
So What Is PISA, and What’s All of the Fuss About?
Read moreThe Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is one of the best ways — one of the only ways,…
This Year … Catalyze School Change
Read moreFor over a decade, Ed Trust artist-in-residence Brooke Haycock's performances have sparked conversation and action in schools and communities…
Common Core: Making Progress for All Students
Read moreThis post initially appeared at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.I have spent more than a decade in public…
Colleges, Take Notice: Your Federal Tax Breaks May Be Ending Soon
Read moreSix years ago, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, put wealthy colleges on notice: If they didn’t start doing a better…
Class Size Isn’t as Important as Who’s at the Front of the Room
Read moreThis post originally appeared at the Fordham Institute's Flypaper blog.For decades, lowering class size has been touted as a…
3 Take-Aways From MA’s Teacher Eval Data
Read moreThe educator evaluation data that Massachusetts released last week doesn’t include all of the state’s teachers or districts, nor…
Steering Department of Defense Dollars Away From For-Profit Colleges
Read moreA new amendment introduced this week seeks to close a funding loophole that many for-profits are taking advantage of…
Federal High School Initiative Modeled After a School With No Proven Track Record
Read moreUPDATEDMuch of the attention around President Obama's new competitive grant program for high schools focuses on a Brooklyn school…