In this report, Bellwether Education Partners acknowledges that-while State Education Agencies (SEAs) have never been asked to do more...
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July 31, 2014 -

This report by the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings examines the implementation of the new teacher evaluation...
July 31, 2014 -

In this report, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute looks at why many districts struggle to place top-notch principals in...
August 1, 2014 -

This is a guide for school-level implementation of the Common Core, developed by Education First, Insight Education Group, Student Achievement...
August 1, 2014 -
Reform proposals often only begin after teacher candidates graduate from prep programs. For a second year, the National Council...
August 1, 2014 -
In this report, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute observes that America spends 1/4 of education expenses on the salaries...
September 1, 2014 -

As a group, charter schools have a mixed record. However, some have been extremely successful.This Hamilton Project paper opines that...
September 1, 2014 -

According to The New Teacher Project’s report, almost 90% of American school districts use a “lockstep” system to pay...
September 1, 2014 -

This paper by Education Resource Strategies (ERS) discusses the implications of California’s new education funding formula. In addition to...
September 1, 2014 -
Chester E. Finn, Jr. has recently stepped down as President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. In this short...
October 1, 2014 -
The term “competency education” refers to an education system that emphasizes: (1) mastery of content knowledge; (2) allowing students...
October 1, 2014 -

Head Start is America’s largest preschool program, and it’s the only one that focuses on the poorest children in...
October 1, 2014 -

This report from the Center for American Politics explores three Canadian funding systems in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario-all...
November 1, 2014 -
From last year, this paper (also from the Center for American Progress) takes a look at the features of...
November 1, 2014 -
This short paper from The Education Trust explores the relationships between the accountability movement and individual subgroup performance. Using...
November 1, 2014 -

This interesting paper from the Future of Privacy Forum seeks to explore the ever-growing question of privacy, as related...
November 1, 2014 -

Often used in the business world, the term Return on Investment (ROI) traditionally refers to the expected monetary gains...
December 1, 2014 -

An oldie-but-goodie, this quick read is perfect for those of us who are working on setting goals for the...
December 1, 2014 -

This report by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) compares the salaries and educational backgrounds...
December 1, 2014 -

This research study led by Donald Leu from the University of Connecticut explores a new type of achievement gap-the...
December 1, 2014 -

The month, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute highlighted this study by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey-in which the authors are...
January 27, 2015 -
In this 2014 publication by the National Bureau of Economic Research, researchers conducted a multinational study to determine the...March 3, 2015
This piece, published by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, delves into one of the most important aspects of...March 3, 2015
Play-based learning in kindergarten is often placed at odds with the Common Core, as some favor the former as...March 3, 2015
Much of the debate around Common Core implementation has centered on providing appropriate support to struggling students; however, in...March 3, 2015
This brief, published by the Rand Corporation, explores the merits of using voluntary summer learning programs to stem summer...
April 2, 2015
In this August 2014 publication, researchers from Attendance Works explore the relationship between absenteeism and student achievement. Using data...
April 2, 2015
The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has dominated the education debate this year, and one...
April 2, 2015
In this publication, researchers at Bellwether Education Partners analyzed the practices that contributed to Teach for America’s (TFA) exponential...
April 2, 2015
In this economic analysis, published by the Connecticut Policy Institute, researchers explore Connecticut’s complicated funding structure, which focuses heavily...
May 4, 2015
In this paper, published by the Education Trust, researchers examine the gaps in education funding between high-poverty school districts...
May 4, 2015
This brief by the Center for American Progress summarizes some of the available research on the impact of national...
May 4, 2015
The School Change Initiative (2009) and the New Haven Promise scholarship program (2010) were introduced to New Haven as...
May 4, 2015
Research indicates that effective partnerships between district, school, and union leaders improve student outcomes. In this joint publication by...
May 29, 2015
In part, the school choice strategy is based upon the idea that creating a competitive market will force chronically...
May 29, 2015
In this Bellwether Education Partners publication, researchers explore the growing tension between personalized learning and accountability structures. Though the...
May 29, 2015
In this piece, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) looks at the merits and challenges of using student...
June 30, 2015
In this case study, the Alliance for Excellent Education examines how project-based learning is working in Talladega County, Alabama....
June 30, 2015
This publication by The New Teacher Project (TNTP) posits that some of the success of Boston’s charter schools may...
June 30, 2015
In this publication, researchers at the Education Trust offer a guide for building effective state-level action plans for improving...
June 30, 2015







