by David Loewenberg In the Netherlands, a country with a population about the size of the state of New York, the lines between public and private schools are blurred—all schools, be they public or private, religiously-affiliated or secular, are funded equally by the government. As a...
Cross-posted at Education Week. When the Trump administration released its "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again," it was natural for professional educators to go right to the pages describing the proposed budget for the Department of Education. Some must have been relieved,...
Cross-posted at Education Week. A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures, No Time to Lose: How to Build a World-Class Education System State by State, wastes no time in getting to the point. "The bad news," it says in the very first sentence,...
I am surrounded by boxes of books. Consolidating collections that have led, 'til now, separate existences. Among them are my education books. There are many that I have not opened in years, but I cannot give them away. They are dear friends....
by CIEB Staff Presentations of the results from comparative international studies were plentiful at this year’s American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, “Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies” held from April 7-12 in Washington, D.C. More than 16,000 education researchers attended the annual event that...
Cross-posted at Education Week. I'm told that the hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind. That, I thought, is encouraging. That must mean that the chiefs...
Cross-posted at Education Week In my last blog post, I discussed the deference and reverence once afforded educators by elected leaders regarding how to best run the American public education system and how all of that has come to an end. The result of this has...
Cross-posted at Education Week Our school superintendents last in their jobs now only three to four years, on average. The rate of turnover among our chief state school officers is unprecedented. It seems that fewer and fewer people are interested in applying for these jobs. They...
Cross-posted at Education Week I find myself reading the news regarding the ESEA reauthorization with a certain gnashing of teeth. Fed up with what they see—legitimately—as all-consuming federal overreach, the Congress seeks to move the center of gravity back to the states. But it seems to...
Cross-posted from Education Week NCEE has been benchmarking the education systems of the top performing systems worldwide since 1989. This has prompted some reflections on the methods and substantive focus of education research, especially education research in the United States, which I will share in this...