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November 2014
Debate rages over how many hours Maryland students should be tested each year, Baltimore Sun, November 15, 2014
Fixing our national accountability system, Phi Delta Kappan, November 2014October 2014
Push to Limit Federal Test Mandates Gains Team, Education Week, October 13, 2014
Forget party loyalty, elect those who will improve schools, The Arizona Republic, October 6, 2014
September 2014
Ed. Businesses Asked to Help Schools Plan for Tech. Transformation, Education Week, September 29, 2014
Hold Students Accountable and Support Them, Education Next, September 2014
John Florez: Let local folks control a new education system, Deseret News, September 27, 2014
Five Questions For… NCEE’s Marc Tucker, Education Writer’s Association, September 24, 2014
Historic Summit Fueled Push for K-12 Standards, Education Week, Education Week, September 23, 2014
A School Without Principals? Yes, Really, U.S. News & World Report, September 19, 2014
Thorpe, Tucker Discuss New Ways to Teach (Radio Interview), Bloomberg EDU Podcast, September 18, 2014
Why Child Care Is the Economy’s ‘Invisible’ Driver, Knowledge@Wharton, September 17, 2014
Topic: “High Stakes Accountability”, MSPnet, September 16, 2014
August 2014
Imagining Successful Schools, New York Times, August 29, 2014
Accountability Report Urges Fewer Tests, More Peer Review, edweek.org, August 21, 2014
Duncan Relaxes Testing Push, but Teachers Want More,US News and World Report, August 21, 2014
Accountability report urges fewer tests, more peer review, Casper Star Tribune, August 21, 2014
Politico: Morning Edition, August 21, 2014
July 2014
How To Fix America’s College Remediation Issue, U.S. News & World Report, July 3, 2014
April 2014
Test Prep Endures in New York Schools, Despite Calls to Ease It, New York Times, April 30, 2014
Will new teacher evaluation system fix Georgia school woes?, Marietta Daily Journal, April 7, 2014
U.S. students slightly above average in problem-solving, San Jose Mercury News, April 1, 2014
March 2014
Stop pretending college is for everyone, Hechinger Report, March 25, 2104
February 2014
The Center for Michigan: Michigan can no longer wait for tougher teacher tests, Bridge Magazine, February 28, 2014
What Education Doesn’t Know About Business, edweek.org, February 27, 2014
What We Can Learn From The Success of Shanghai’s Schools, Forbes, February 5, 2014
January 2014
Big Business Speaks Out for the Common Core, The Journal, January 14, 2014
Christie’s longer school day proposal gets mixed reactions, NorthJersey.com, January 14, 2014
December 2013
Editorial: Want students to try harder?, The Daily Journal (IL), December 28, 2013
U.S. scores in a holding pattern: Where did our schools go off track?, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 20, 2013
Schools documentary set for Thursday premiere, jconline.com, December 13, 2013
The link between early childhood education and PISA scores, The Answer Sheet (Washington Post), December 10, 2013
It’s PISA Time! (And We Suck), National Journal, December 9, 2013
Set the record straight on standardized tests, Washington Post, December 8, 2013
Standardized testing reaches crossroads: Test more or test better?, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 7, 2013
So…what can we DO about those low PISA scores?, Center for Teacher Quality, December 3, 2013
U.S. educators hope to learn from world test results, Monterey Herald, December 3, 2013
Asian students far surpass American peers on science and math tests, Washington Times, December 3, 2013
PISA test shows ‘stagnation.’ Is US education reform failing?, Christian Science Monitor, December 3, 2013
American 15-Year-Olds Lag, Mainly in Math, on International Standardized Tests, New York Times, December 3, 2013
U.S. students score below international averages in math, reading and science, San Jose Mercury News, December 3, 2013
Asian students dominate math and reading as US stagnates, OECD tests show, Global Post, December 3, 2013
Asian Nations Dominate International Test, Associated Press, December 3, 2013
Stagnant scores on international test concerns educators, activists, Minnesota Star Tribune, December 3, 2013
Florida gets state-specific PISA results, finds a need for improvement, Tampa Bay Times, December 3, 2013
Asian teens lead world in academic performance; US performance remains unchanged and behind pack, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 3, 2013
Florida Students Struggle on International Exams, State Impact, December 3, 2013
PISA Test Results For U.S. Students Are ‘Sobering’, NPR Morning Edition, December 3, 2013
November 2013
Are Kids Too Coddled?,New York Times, November 23, 2013
A debate: What do international test scores tell us?, The Answer Sheet (Washington Post), November 20, 2013
Global View: Questions to Ask About PISA 2012-2013, Education Writers Association, November 13, 2013
Corinth program parallels Common Core, The Daily Journal (Mississippi), November 10, 2013
October 2013
Common Core Bills Likely To Divide Conservatives, NHPR, October 29, 2013
Common Core backer: US failing in education, New Hampshire Union Leader, October 29, 2013
Texas opts out of adopting California’s Common Core, Politico, October 23, 2013
Texas opts out of adopting California’s Common Core, The Daily Cougar (Houston, TX), October 14, 2013
Common Core opponents fear courses will suffer, District Administration, October 14, 2013
Fewer, Better Tests Can Boost Student Achievement, Education Week Commentary, October 7, 2013
The Front Burner: States that bail on state standards risk mediocrity, Orlando Sentinel, October 4, 2013
Teacher status around the world: how the US stacks up, Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2013
September 2013
Teaching in Windsor: A few miles away, a world apart, Bridge Magazine, September 19, 2013
Study Examines ‘Myth’ of Markets in School Systems, Education Week, September 9, 2013
The Great Stagnation of American Education, The New York Times, September 7, 2013
Is Algebra II the Answer?, American School Board Journal, September 5, 2013
Education solutions from abroad for chronic U.S. school problems, Christian Science Monitor, September 1, 2013
August 2013
The Republican case for Common Core, Washington Post, August 23, 2013
Write Now: The Urgent Link Between Personal and Professional Success, Huffington Post, August 13, 2013
July 2013
England vs Scotland: Competing school reform visions, Answer Sheet (Washington Post), July 22, 2013
For Many Students, College Means Back to Middle School, Education Writers Association, July 8, 2013
June 2013
Post-Great Recession, US and other nations take divergent paths on higher ed, jobs, Associated Press, June 24, 2013
Study Highlights a Tertiary Supply-Chain Conundrum, University World News, Jun 15, 2013
Museums Open Doors to Informal Math Learning, Education Week, June 4, 2013
May 2013
Are community colleges truly preparing the future American workforce?, The Hechinger Report, May 30, 2013
What is taught to high-schoolers needs examination, Times and Democrat, May 24, 2013
Education Lessons From Around the World, U.S. News & World Report, May 20, 2013
Unprepared Students, Dumbed-Down Teaching, Hechinger Report, May 16, 2013
How did Shanghai’s school get so good?Foreign Policy, May 14, 2013
Panel: U.S. Can’t Readily Replicate Educational Turnaround of Other Countries, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, May 14, 2013
What Math Do College Students Need?, Right on the Left Coast: Views from a Conservative Teacher, May 11, 2013
Feedback Loop: More About Math Education, NPR StateImpact Florida, May 10, 2013
NCEE Study Faults High Schools on Student Community College Preparedness, SayCampusLife, May 9, 2013
Race to the Bottom: Why Community Colleges Need to Buck Up, Yahoo! Voices, May 9, 2013
How Much Mathematics is Enough, The Swail Letter on Higher Education, May 9, 2013
Study, Schools and Colleges Are Teaching the Wrong Type of Math, State Impact, May 9, 2013
Why Johnny can’t read…or write or do math, Tribune-Review, May 9, 2013
How to Save Billions and Better Prepare Students to Make Billions, Huffington Post, May 8, 2013
Many Community College Freshman are Unprepared for College Coursework, Report Reveals, CityTownInfo.com, May 8, 2013
Students not getting best education, The Daily Progress, May 8, 2013
New Course Recommended for Some High-School Students, Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2013
Study: Community colleges lack rigor, but incoming students ill prepared, Christian Science Monitor, May 7, 2013
Remedial math classes unnecessary at community college level, study says, McClatchy, May 7, 2013
Low Bar, High Failure, Inside Higher Ed, May 7, 2013
Skills From High School Don’t Match College Demands, Education Week, May 7, 2013
NCEE: Only 5% need calculus, Linking and thinking on education, May 7, 2013
High Schools Set Up Community-College Students to Fail, Report Says, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2013
A serious disconnect in education, Community College Times AACC, May 7, 2013
March 2013
MDE expands high school pilot program, Northeast Mississippi Journal, March 21, 2013
February 2013
Education Lessons From Top-Ranked Finland and South Korea, WBUR On Point with Tom Ashbrook, February 7, 2013January 2013
The feds’ education power grab, Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2013
Tucker Takes Zhao in Just One Round, The Core Knowledge Blog, January 16, 2013
December 2012
Making “my child the teacher” as impressive as “my child the doctor”, Penn News, December 22, 2012
November 2012
The diamond economy, Hechinger Report, November 18, 2012
Marc Tucker on Singapore and Career & Technical Education, A Teacher’s View, November 18, 2012
The mounting crisis in the teaching profession, CambridgeChronicle.com, November 17, 2012
October 2012
New program allows some high school students to move on when ready, Cronkite News, October 31, 2012
US Education in Focus, EuroNews, October 26, 2012
Why the ‘market theory’ of education reform doesn’t work, The Washington Post, October 12, 2012
September 2012
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: We must restore respect for teachers, The Cap Times, September 29, 2012
Columbus schools craft vision statements, The Dispatch, September 29, 2012
Excellence for All, WTVA, September 28, 2012
Why Are We Afraid to Show Off Our Brightest Students?, The Atlantic, September 27, 2012
Marc Tucker on Sirius Radio by NCEE: NCEE President Marc Tucker recently appeared on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, a program on Sirius Radio’s political talk channel, to discuss why the teacher strike in Chicago struck a cord with the American public and what needs to be done to reform education in this country.
Chicago strike ends, but debate continues over how we regard and treat teachers in America, Big Education Ape, September 19, 2012
Blaming U.S. teachers for poor performance of students is not the answer,The Hechinger Report, September 19, 2012
How to Fix the Schools, The New York Times, September 17, 2012
Training Teachers to Embrace Reform, The Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2012
Benchmarking the World’s Best, School Administrator, September 2012
Book Review: Surpassing Shanghai, School Administrator, September 2012
August 2012
Columbus schools begin work on ‘new vision’, The Dispatch, August 25, 2012
West Lafayette school officials hope to open eyes with documentary on education reform, WLFI18.com, August 21, 2012
Branstad gets a failing grade, Quad-City Times, August 18, 2012
West Lafayette hopes film finds its mark, Jconline.com, August 16, 2012
Iowa looks abroad for lessons on education reform, The Hechinger Report, August 8, 2012
Branstad set to take another swing at education reform, Quad-City Times, August 5, 2012
Symposium underway on education leadership, RadioIowa, August 3, 2012
July 2012
More schools get chance at pilot program, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, July 15, 2012
June 2012
Two Day Focus on Education and Jobs, News Channel Nine (TN), June 26, 2012
May 2012
Shanghai may have the right idea when it comes to training teachers, The State Journal, May 30, 2012
Roundtable Discussion on `Making Teaching a Profession’ (Audio), Bloomberg EDU, May 11, 2012
The Twilight of the Civic-minded CEO, Washington Monthly, May 9, 2012
April 2012
American Dinosaurs: What’s the Matter With Health Care and Education?, Op-ed by Marc Tucker, The Atlantic, April 7, 2012
Improving U.S. Education and Surpassing Shanghai, Education Week blog, April 30, 2012
U.S. vs. the world in education reform, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2012
My Response to Jay Greene’s “Best Practices are the Worst”, Education Next, April 18, 2012
What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland about ed reform, Washington Post, April 17, 2012
Marc Tucker on Redesigning American Education Based on the World’s Best Education Systems, Future of Education, April 12, 2012
March 2012
Five Questions For…Marc Tucker on Lessons from Shanghai, Teacher Training, and American Innovation, March 28, 2012
Kingman parents, students receive a course on Cambridge prep, Kingman Daily Miner, August 28, 2012
Education Excellence, Horizon-TV (Arizona), March 21, 2012
February 2012
American education can’t win if it doesn’t play the game, Flypaper (Guest blog), February 28, 2012
What States and Nonprofits are Doing to Encourage Early Highschool Graduation, Education Week (transcript of online chat), February 27, 2012
Program gets students through high school in 2 years, Frankfort State Journal (KY), February 10, 2012
What Can U.S. Schools Learn From Foreign Counterparts?, District Administration magazine, February 2012
January 2012
Some States Prodding Students to Graduate Early, Education Week, January 25, 2012
Is the secret to Finnish schools Finns or is there something for America to learn?, District Administration, January 26, 2012
Tennesse and Georgia climb in education quality ranking, Times Free Press, January 13, 2012
Quality Counts: The Global Challenge: Education in a Competitive World, Education Week, January 12, 2012
Put International Lessons to the Test in U.S. Schools, Education Week, January 12, 2012
Surpassing Shanghai: Universal Effort in Japan, Minnesota 2020, January 11, 2012
Surpassing Shanghai: What Can We Learn from the World’s Best-Performing Education Systems?, School Leadership Briefing, January 1, 2012
December 2011
Review of Surpassing Shanghai, Teachers College Record, December 22, 2011
Focus on producing best teachers, Op-ed by Marc Tucker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 15, 2011
5 ways to save American education, Washington Post, December 15, 2011
U.S. school excuses challenged, Washington Post, December 11, 2011
Teacher Quality: What’s Wrong with the U.S. Strategy, Educational Leadership, December 2011
Why Innovation Can’t Fix America’s Classrooms, The Atlantic, December 6, 2011
November 2011
Jack Jennings: Have we Gotten It Wrong on School Reform, Huffington Post, November 23, 2011
Thomas Friedman and ‘Surpassing Shanghai’ on Fixing Schools, Education Writers Association, November 17, 2011
Average Is Officially Over, U.S. News and World Report, November 16, 2011
Admissions 101: Are the SAT and ACT to blame for the inferiority of U.S. schools compared to Finland, Japan, Singapore, and Shanghai?, Washington Post, November 15, 2011
A different role for teachers, Commentary by Marc Tucker, Education Next, November 10, 2011
Take a Lesson from Singapore, Dan Rather Reports, November 1, 2011
October 2011
Creating Education Success at Home, Education Week, October 17, 2011
NCEE Pilots Global Curriculum in High Schools, Education Daily, October 17, 2011
Pilot Aims to Ready High Schoolers for Community College in 2 Years, Education Week, October 3, 2011
September 2011
Editorial: First World education requires First World Policies, Tomah Journal, September 29, 2011
Global Influence: What Can We Learn, NBC EducationNation, September 27, 2011
Education Experts Blog: The Waivers Are Here, National Journal, September 26, 2011
Experts say raise education levels to compete globally, WLBT-TV, September 14, 2011
Education Experts Blog: Assessing Obama’s Job Plan, K-12 Style, National Journal, September 12, 2011
Opinion: Necessary but insufficient, Twin Cities Daily Planet, September 7, 2011
August 2011
MDE to present statewide, public education forum, Starkville Daily News, August 31, 2011
School reform topic of Mississippi forum, Clarion Ledger, August 31, 2011
One Size Fits Most, Huffington Post, August 26, 2011
Rethinking a flawed education agenda, Washington Post, August 23, 2011
Kingman high schools wary of fast track plan, Daily Miner, August 22, 2011
Arizona Schools Try New Diploma System, Arizona Rebublic, August 12, 2011
July 2011
Op-ed: U.S. schools shun proven reform models abroad, The Tennessean, July 23, 2011
Tucker, Darling-Hammond, Ripley on Educational Reforms, Bloomberg EDU, July 22, 2011
June 2011
Q&A with Marc Tucker: Why we need a new reform agenda to compete internationally, Hechinger Report, June 29, 2011
Reasons for Hope, Education Week blog, June 28, 2011
Op-ed by Marc Tucker and Jerry Weast: Why American students lag in test scores, Baltimore Sun, June 20, 2011
Letter to the Gadfly: Speaking to “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”, Education Gadfly Newsletter, June 16, 2011
On Treating Students & Educators ‘Like Rats in a Maze’, Education Week blog, June 14, 2011
May 2011
U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds, Education Week, May 27, 2011