Why Teachers are Leaving Education
Education is a common professional field in the U.S. with 3.4 million full-time-equivalent teachers in both public and private schools across the nation. Additionally, perhaps more than any other...
View ArticleAnother Pre-K Study Shows Negative Impact Upon Children
The latest evidence that government pre-K has negative effects upon children is found in the recently published study by Vanderbilt University on the scaled up program in Tennessee. The full-day...
View ArticlePerspective on the NAEP Score Trend Perspective
Edexcellence’s Michael Petrilli reacted to the NAEP score decline with an article entitled, “Heartbreak on NAEP.” Based on the trend described by his Fordham colleague, Chad Aldeman, that “Over the...
View ArticleAn Education Freedom Index Calculator: An Important Measure of Central Control
This is a different online calculator than the School Choice Fiscal Notes Calculator I announced a few weeks ago. Both have been in the works for a long time. This must be the year of the school...
View ArticleStudent Achievement Gains Are Still Unrelated to Increased Education Spending
There is no correlation between education spending and changes in student achievement over the past quarter century. The Colman Report, titled “Equality of Educational Opportunity” and mandated by the...
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