Getting the Common Core Political Handicapping Right
Lots of coverage of the Common Core State Standards mentions polling showing that the standards' opponents are only a minority of Americans.
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White House Summit on Working Families
It’s increasingly difficult for working parents in the United States to do all the things they’re “supposed to do.”
Making the Common Core Work for Latino Students
As exhausting as they can be, today’s children are a critical economic resource.
In Jindal’s Common Core Fight, Policy Should Matter Just as Much as Politics
Louisiana's Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is waging a lonely crusade to rid the Pelican State of the Common Core State Standards.
What Are School Enrollment Boundaries For?
How the District's education politics remain fundamentally driven by the politics of privilege, class, and race.
Teacher Prep Review Paints Grim Picture, but with Possible Silver Lining
NCTQ’s inaugural 2013 Review was met with outcry and criticism from many teacher education programs.
Early Vocabulary Development and the Common Core
The early education community sometimes flirts too closely with that danger.
Why We Can’t Forget the Early Grades
More focus is sorely needed on improving children's transition from pre-K into elementary school.
How Brilliant Are Promise Neighborhoods?
Are Promise Neighborhoods the best we can do in the context of a poorly-organized system?
Summer Learning: Literally Meeting Children Where They Are
Just because summer vacation usually means a break from class time, it does not also mean a break from learning.
Test-and-Punish is a State of Mind, not the State of Reality
The "punish" part of "test-and-punish" accountability doesn't exist.
Why Starting Every Student With an “A” Could Be a Great Idea
Students will place higher value on an “A” they are given to start off with than a hypothetical “A” they may or may not achieve.
Does Program Quality Matter for Head Start?
Apparently not all that much.
Are We ConnectED Yet? The Year in Review
Making the most of new technologies will require a substantial shift in how teachers are instructing and impact how students are learning.
Building on Immigrants’ Strengths to Improve Their Children’s Early Education
The last few years have been particularly good ones for advocates of greater investments in early education access.