Could the creators of the common standards be channeling Ado Annie: “With me, it’s all or nothin”? (Education Week)
Ready but not proficient? Joanne Jacobs sums up the controversy over the revisions of NCLB. (Joanne Jacobs)
As DC looks forward to another snowpocalypse, are schools really taking more snow days than in the [...]
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Engineering Better Content Standards
With the release of new NAEP science scores last week, there has been a flurry of commentary about what these scores mean for students and what we are doing- or should be doing- to improve science education in our schools. Many in the K-12 world are centering the discussion on improving science content standards, particularly [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.