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New research shows parents of students in high-poverty schools value teachers who raise achievement
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 05/21/2007
- Commentaries and Reports
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STANFORD -- When it comes to teachers, what do parents value most -- high student test scores or the ability to keep students satisfied? The answer depends in part on what kind of school you go to, according to a new study in the summer issue of Education Next. According to economists Brian A. Jacob of the University of Michigan and Lars Lefgren of Brigham Young University, parents in high-poverty schools strongly value a teacher’s ability to raise student achievement and appear less concerned about student satisfaction. In more-affluent schools the results are reversed: parents most value a teacher’s ability to keep students happy.
Debunking a Special Education Myth
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 03/6/2007
- Commentaries and Reports , Special Education
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Don't blame private options for rising costs
Can spiraling special education costs explain why educational achievement remained stagnant over the past three decades while real education spending more than doubled? Policy makers, education researchers, and school district officials often make this claim. Special education students—goes the argument—are draining resources away from regular education students.
Let’s Kill Dick & Jane: How the Open Court Publishing Company Fought the Culture of American Education
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 03/1/2007
- Book Review , Commentaries and Reports
- Unrated
By Harold Henderson
As reviewed by Diane Ravitch
This book tells the story of Blouke Carus’s heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to reform American education. Carus founded the Open Court Publishing Company in 1962 with two aims that did not seem to be at all contradictory: first, to teach children to read, and second, to do so while introducing them to classic children’s literature.
Hoover research fellow Bill Evers nominated to be U.S. assistant secretary of education
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 02/8/2007
- Commentaries and Reports
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CHARTER SCHOOLS AGAINST THE ODDS: EDUCATION EXPERTS PROPOSE REFORMS TO CREATE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 10/23/2006
- Commentaries and Reports , School Choice
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Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm our Children
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 10/10/2006
- Book Review , Commentaries and Reports
- Unrated
Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm our Children
Eric Hanushek
Courting Failure examines the issues involved in school funding adequacy in light of recent court cases and shows that judicial actions regarding school finance—related to either equity or adequacy—have not had a beneficial effect on student performance. The expert contributors explain why low achievement is not inevitable for disadvantaged students and why school resources are not the dominant factor in whether students “beat the odds. They show that cost studies on the price of an adequate education turn out to be more politics than science. And they tell how many districts often do not spend the funds they have in the manner need.
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NCLB DOES POOR JOB OF DISTINGUISHING GOOD SCHOOLS FROM INEFFECTIVE ONES; FLORIDA'S A+ PLAN BETTER AT ISOLATING LOW PERFORMERS
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 09/28/2006
- Commentaries and Reports
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Miracle Math
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 09/19/2006
- Daily EdNews , Curriculum , No Child Left Behind , K-12 , Commentaries and Reports
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A successful program from Singapore tests the limits of school reform in the suburbs
It was another body blow to education. In December of 2004, media outlets across the country were abuzz with news of the just-released results of the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) tests.
National Experts Assess Florida PreK-12 Education
- By Hoover Institution
- Published 09/12/2006
- Commentaries and Reports , Vouchers , No Child Left Behind , Early Childhood Learning , Class Size , School Choice
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Report Praises Successes, Calls for Continued Reform
ORLANDO, Fla.--After undertaking a rigorous assessment of Florida’s education policies and programs, the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education presents its findings and recommendations to Governor Jeb Bush on Tuesday, September 12.
The eleven-member task force will join Governor Bush in a press conference in Orlando highlighting the group’s report: Reforming Education in Florida (Hoover Press, 2006). Earlier in the year, Governor Bush and Board of Education Chairman Philip Handy invited the expert group to examine the state’s PreK-12 education system and offer suggestions for strengthening it
