Education (k-12)
Thursday, October 18, 2007US Department of Ed Survey Shows Value of School ChoiceTracking one student at a time Filed As: Education (k-12)That privately run schools outperform government-run schools is supported by economic theory as well as anecdotal data. The Milton & Rose Friedman Foundation add to the empirical research on the subject with their latest publication, Monopoly Versus Markets. The study uses the more »»
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007Small Victories in OaklandFiled As: Education (k-12)Oakland, California has sometimes been cited as an example of successful school reform. But the Center for Education Reform says that you've got to look a little ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007Houston, We have CompetitionFiled As: Education (k-12)Who said "we fundamentally, as an organization, embrace choice?" The CEO of a company in a high-tech industry, where product cycles grow shorter with each year and innovation is the name of the game? Nope. The chief academic officer of the Houston school district. Jamie Story, education ... more »»
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Monday, October 15, 2007The Problems with Proficiency TestsFiled As: Education (k-12)In the absence of parental choice as the ultimate form of accountability, attempts to promote school achievement through standardized tests will always have limitations. Derek A. Neal and Diane Schanzenbach, both of the University of Chicago, point out in a recent NBER working paper that how you ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007Competition Works in EducationFiled As: Education (k-12)Ben Chavis, director of the American Indian Public Charter School, in Oakland, California, gave the opening luncheon address at the 15th annual meeting of the State Policy Network. Here are a few thoughts from his remarks. One hundred percent of the school's students passed the state's high ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007Teacher Pay for PerformanceFiled As: Education (k-12)Teachers ought to be paid for performance, rather than seniority. But how to do that? Policy analyst Eric Wong writes that "the main concerns about performance-based pay schedules relate to evaluating teachers based on criteria that were too subjective." But, he says, the field of ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007Achievement Gaps PersistKentucky sees 10 to 40 point gaps in test scores Filed As: Education (k-12)The achievement gaps that are supposed to be addressed by No Child Left Behind and other laws are still significant. The Louisville Currier-Journal reports today that the percentages of white and Asian students who are proficient are 10 to 20 percent higher than for blacks, depending on test and grade ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007What Does an Adequate Education Cost?Filed As: Education (k-12)The diviners are at it again, trying to find out how much it costs, within a monopolistic education system, to produce an "adequate" education. New Hampshire is just one of many states that have been subject to lawsuits concerning its method of funding schools. (Note that I said ... more »»
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Monday, September 24, 2007So Much for Helping the Least Fortunate With Spending IncreasesFiled As: Education (k-12)In Ohio, a coalition of schools used litigation to pry millions of dollars out of the General Assembly for their own budgets. It was, they said, for the disadvantaged children. How, then, has that extra money been spent? The Buckeye Institute took a look, and found a relationship between school ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007A Change of Schools in New OrleansFiled As: Education (k-12)USA Today catches up on the changes brought to New Orleans schools since Hurricane Katrina. Not only has the number of students been cut in half, but most schools have become charter schools, giving them some ability to ... more »»
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