Education Reform
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American Students Are Behind: High-Dose Tutoring Can Help
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Four years after the onset of a crippling global pandemic, the American school system has reached a tipping point. COVID-19 brought unprecedented social and economic upheaval, disproportionately affecting students from low-income and minority communities. In response to the pandemic, many schools in the United States were forced to shut down…
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The First Step Towards Opportunity: A Conversation about Bilingual Education with Former Governor Jack Markell
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Jack Markell served as the governor of Delaware from 2009 to 2017, Throughout this period, education reform was an important part of his work. In fact, during Governor Markell’s first term, Delaware was chosen as one of the first two states to receive competitive federal funding from the “Race to…
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The Data Doesn’t Seem to Be Vouching for Vouchers
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Arguments supporting private management of schools date back to the founding of the United States and have reflected a variety of ideological positions. The call for privatization policies like school vouchers intensified in the mid-20th century due largely to the assertions of economist Milton Friedman. Friedman proposed that the government…
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Calculating Success: Understanding Data in Chicago’s Charter Schools
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Charter schools have become a dominant fixture in the city of Chicago and across the United States. Nationwide, enrollment in charter schools has more than doubled in the past ten years. In Chicago during the early 2000s, legislative action increased the number of available charters within the city from 45…
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No Opposition Party is an Island: Taiwan’s Defense and Domestic Politics
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Newly elected DPP Secretary-General and opposition party member Dr. Joseph Wu discusses upcoming elections, mainland China, and Taipei’s defense posture as part of the wider US-Asia/Pacific rebalancing effort.
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Chasing the American Dream
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Is the growing achievement gap hampering disadvantaged kids’ ability to catch up?
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Thinking Large: Bryan Hassel on Teacher Quality and Education Reform
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A leading policy entrepreneur discusses teacher quality and the future of education reform
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