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Is Quality Preschool Good Enough?

Writing in the latest Education Next, UVA’s Robert Pianta notes research showing that high-quality preschool classrooms can significantly narrow achievement and behavior gaps for at-risk 4-year-olds....

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Disruptive Assessment

The new book, Disrupting Class, written by Clayton Christensen, author of Silicon Valley bible The Innovator’s Dilemma, is getting a lot of attention for its projections that half of all high school...

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The Realities of Disruptive Innovation

Many thanks to Cathy Cavanaugh and Erik Black for their thoughtful guest post below reviewing Gene Glass’s policy brief, “The Realities of K-12 Virtual Schooling.” As virtual schooling becomes...

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Fraud in the Lunchroom?

Education Next has a new story by David Bass about possible fraud in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). As EdNext is wont to do, the article leads with a provocative graph, this one purporting...

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Bottom Line Goal for Blended Learning: Better Student Outcomes

Lots of buzz around blended learning — the idea that we shouldn’t limit ourselves to a forced choice between teachers and technology, but can strive to find the right combination of high tech and high...

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A Dash of Cold Water

Stanford Emeritus Professor, education historian, and noted education technology realist/skeptic Larry Cuban sets out to throw a “dash of cold water on overheated hyperbole” around online and blended...

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Substitute, Substitute Teacher Policies

The new Education Next piece on substitute teachers by June Kronholz is terrifying. It weaves together her own son’s experiences as a substitute, the latest findings on the prevalence of teacher...

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Expanding Access to Educational Opportunity: Evidence from “Online Learning...

While many still question the benefits of online learning, there is one fact that is undeniable:  online learning increases access which expands educational opportunity.  By accommodating more...

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