Common Core: Making Progress for All Students
This post initially appeared at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.I have spent more than a decade in public…
Class Size Isn’t as Important as Who’s at the Front of the Room
This 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
The educator evaluation data that Massachusetts released last week doesn’t include all of the state’s teachers or districts, nor…
Federal High School Initiative Modeled After a School With No Proven Track Record
UPDATEDMuch of the attention around President Obama's new competitive grant program for high schools focuses on a Brooklyn school…
Fast Fact: States Show Promise In Sharing Teacher Prep Data
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There’s More Than One Way To Think About Gap-Closing on NAEP
Looking at achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from their affluent and white peers isn’t…
Students With Disabilities Need to be College- and Career-Ready Too
Outside of Ed Trust, I volunteer as an educational surrogate for young men with disabilities who are in the…
States, Please Prove Us Wrong on Teacher Equity
At a meeting with chief state school officers from across the country last week, Secretary Arne Duncan talked about…
Yet Another Reminder of the Power of Effective Principals
Writing recently about Dr. Carlos J. Finlay Elementary School — one of the schools honored this year with Ed…
Texas Should Keep Algebra II Requirements for High-Schoolers
Texas State Board of Education members are set to begin debate tomorrow on the courses that high school students…
Matching First Generation Students’ Ambitions With Their Preparation
Kids from the Bronx neighborhood where Julia grew up, in a one-bedroom apartment along with three siblings and her…
Fast Fact: Who’s Outpacing The Nation in Academic Improvement?
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The Most Troubling Part of the Fed’s Decision to Back Away from Waiver Renewal Criteria
At Ed Trust, we worry constantly about whether our most vulnerable students are getting their fair share of effective…
A Commitment to Excellence Bleeds Through Everything They Do at Pass Christian High
Each year, Ed Trust highlights a handful of schools that are closing achievement gaps, setting high standards for all…
Message to the U.S. Department of Education: Stop Walking Away From Your Responsibilities to Our Nation
WASHINGTON (November 14, 2013) Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, issued the following statement regarding the U.S.…
Looking for Big Gains in NAEP? Watch These States
Much of the immediate attention after last week’s data release from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has…
Preparing Effective Teachers and Leaders
Effective teaching matters. It’s what determines whether students learn how to add fractions or analyze the coherence of an…
Want to Get High-Performing Teachers in Front of the Students Who Need Them Most?
Then there are some lessons to glean from an evaluation of the Teacher Transfer Initiative (TTI), a 10-district program…
‘Biometric Data’ Myths Linger In MI’s Common Core Debate
Michigan is (finally) moving forward with implementation of the Common Core State Standards after its state legislature gave the…
NAEP Shows Meaningful Gap-Closing, But Progress Is Slow
Today's data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show some meaningful progress toward improving academic performance and…