Standards
When Common Core Research Makes Apples-to-Apples Comparisons Before the Fruit is Ripe
Common Core implementation is not an apples-to-apples comparison, or even an apples-to-oranges comparison. Rather it’s a big messy fruit salad, and unfortunately for Brown Center researcher Tom...
Special Education
Want to Know Why I'm Obsessed With Educational Equity? Meet My Disabled Son.
Here’s Donald Trump, America’s likely Republican presidential nominee, describing his vision of the federal role in public education: I’m not cutting services, but I’m cutting spending. But I may cut...
student achievement
‘Counterfeit’ Diplomas: We’re Killing Our Kids With Kindness
I recently had my developmental (remedial) English students complete an essay assignment that required them to read and respond to an editorial in The New York Times entitled “The Counterfeit High...
Achievement Gap
The College Debt Crisis Is Real, But Let’s First Talk About Getting Our Kids to College and Graduating
This election season, discussions on education policy have been scarce, with issues in k-12 education almost non-existent. Republican candidates have focused their education talking points on...
Parents
‘Opting In’ to a Public Education System That Works
Over the past year, there has been a lot of attention paid to the "opt-out" movement growing in pockets across U.S. public schools. Indeed, it’s a significant issue that deserves attention because it...
Parents
The Work Ahead for Our New Education Secretary John King
With Senate confirmation of John King as U.S. education secretary, the Obama team has just 10 more months to advance its history-making education reform agenda and set the stage for the next...
