Finding the right incentives to improve public education
A New York Times story today reports what many have already assumed: New York students’ remarkable test score gains over the past few years were due in large part to the fact that the tests were...
View ArticleRecess round-up: September 2, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Change agent: A profile of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Christian Science Monitor) Improving...
View ArticleTeacher merit-pay study doesn’t get a gold star — yet
The U.S. Department of Education’s “What Works Clearinghouse” issued a note of caution today about a much-ballyhooed study of teacher merit pay in Tennessee. The Project on Incentives in Teaching...
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