Today we've published the first of six papers, commissioned by the Fordham Institute, on the topic of digital learning/virtual schooling. The rest of the papers – each exploring a different angle of this issue – are set to be released on a rolling basis later this year. In this first...
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Fordham Institute President Chester Finn discusses the Atlanta cheating scandal in an op-ed posted today on CNN.com. His message, essentially, is that as disturbing as this situation is, we shouldn’t turn against tests and either do away with them or minimize them. We should work to improve our accountability systems,...
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Chester Finn and Mike Petrilli have a new piece in The Weekly Standard. In it, they suggest what the Republican presidential candidates and maybe-candidates might want to say about education reform – some suggested talking points, if you will.
A few, very brief highlights…..Breakthrough change won’t come from Washington. Washington can...
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Chester Finn, president of the Fordham Institute, was a guest on the Willis Report on Fox Business last night. The topic? The cheating scandal in Atlanta. You can watch the segment here.
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Fordham's Amber Winkler was a guest on Fox News yesterday. She weighed in on the new homework policy for L.A. schools, which stipulates that homework can only count as 10% of a student's grade. Amber sharply criticized the "one-size-fits-all policy" and said that we shouldn't "take the tools away from...
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The Fordham Institute has published a new paper today that readers might find quite interesting. In this new "Ed Short," Amanda Olberg of the Fordham Institute and Michael Podgursky of the University of Missouri at Columbia examine how public charter schools handle pensions for their teachers. Some states give these...
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Well, we hosted a terrific event on Wednesday: Is it time to turn the page on federal accountability in education? If you missed it, you can view the video here:
Our panelists debated ESEA reauthorization and what the proper federal role should be in holding schools accountable. Checker Finn moderated our...
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Fordham Institute President Chester Finn, Jr., appeared in an education segment last night (June 14) on NBC Nightly News. The topic was the latest NAEP history results. He also commented on the matter in the Washington Post yesterday....
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Fordham Institute President Chester Finn, has an interesting op-ed in the NY Daily News today. He writes about the prospect of teacher layoffs in NYC due to budget woes. I’ll highlight a few of his points here.
Finn says no one likes to see teachers lose their jobs, since most are...
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As you may know, last week we hosted a terrific event here at the Fordham Institute, Are Local School Boards Vital in 21st Century America?
Our excellent panel consisted of: Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the National School Boards Association; Gene I. Maeroff, founding director of the Hechinger Institute, Teachers...
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