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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- December 02, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
The American educational system is fundamental to promoting social and economic mobility, civic engagement and global competiveness, but the subject of receives less media coverage than other major public policy issues. On December 2, Grover "Russ" Whitehurst and E.J. Dionne, authors of The Disappearance of Education News, will present their solutions for improving education reporting and promoting quality discourse.
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:35:00 GMT
Through a new competitive grant program called Race to the Top, the U.S. Department of Education is awarding $4 billion of stimulus money to states that demonstrate a commitment to education reform and innovation. Russ Whitehurst says it is a promising program that could promote education reform and elevate the education of thousands of children.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Given a choice between the status quo in American education and change, the Obama administration has been bold in pursuit of change. The president and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have used the bully pulpit and the powerful lever of $5 billion in discretionary stimulus funds to push a catalog of initiatives, writes Brookings senior fellow, Russ Whitehurst. Whitehurst gives the administration an A+ for motive, effort and reach, but he writes the administration has made some questionable bets and ignored surer ones, most specifically improvements in curriculum and instruction.
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft find no association between state scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and ratings of the quality of state standards. Moreover, their analyses suggest that the creation of common standards will have little impact on our future in and of itself.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
President Obama has committed himself to “reform America’s public schools,” and his administration is focused on making early childhood programs, common standards, charter schools and teachers more effective. However, writes Russ Whitehurst, the administration should also undertake actions to better integrate curriculum innovation and reform into its policy framework. "Don't Forget Curriculum” compares the size of the effects on student achievement brought about by curriculum with the size of the effects of popular reform strategies favored by the Obama administration.
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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- September 16, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
On September 16, the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted an event to discuss Crossing the Finish Line (Princeton University Press, October 2009), which examines degree attainment at America's public universities. President Obama has committed the nation to the goal of producing the world's highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
According to a recent study, No Child Left Behind is having its intended effect—bettering the performance of low-achieving students—and also raising test scores for top students. However, Tom Loveless and Michael Petrilli find this latter conclusion flawed because state tests are poor measurements for high achieving students; the study’s depicted state trends create a misleading national picture; and the analysis does not compare today’s students with those of earlier eras.
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Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Education reformers are grappling with difficult, ideologically charged questions on how to improve the United States education system. But these debates have deep historical roots. Tom Loveless joins the Kojo Nnamdi Show to examine the great historical debates in American education and the myths about the golden era of American education.
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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:30:00 GMT
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- June 19, 2009, 10:30 AM to 12:00:00 PM
In a roundtable discussion on education reform, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard outlined the similarities between the reform agendas in the United States and Australia. Highlighting a commitment to transparency and a promise to create a high-quality national curriculum, Minister Gillard notes that Australia would keep pace with its Asia-Pacific neighbors and create a plan to increase secondary school graduation rates.
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Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT
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- May 26, 2009, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
President Obama has committed to the goal of having the world's highest rate of college graduates by 2020. The funding and delivery of student financial aid will be critical to reaching that goal. To that end, the president has announced plans for an overhaul of the federal college loan system. The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted an event to explore ways of improving the effectiveness of student financial aid.
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Mon, 11 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- May 11, 2009, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
The Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for a conversation on the billions of dollars of economic stimulus aid being delivered to states and school districts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Secretary Duncan discussed how the stimulus funds can advance the president’s goals for education reform.
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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Following Congress's vote to eliminate funding for the the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, many have criticized Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for not informing Congress of the program’s success. However, given the established procedures of the Institute of Education Sciences, it is extremely unlikely that Secretary Duncan would have known the results of the study until recently, writes Russ Whitehurst.
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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the Secretary of Education to establish a $650 million Innovation Fund to expand the work of schools that have made gains in closing achievement gaps. With growing discussion and considerable money heading in the direction of innovation, Russ Whitehurst provides recommendations on how the Department of Education should evaluate successful programs.
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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this online Q&A, Russ Whitehurst explains how the stimulus funds will make their way to local projects, particularly for school programs.
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Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
President Obama spoke about implementing the merit pay system for teachers as well as expanding charter schools in a effort to reform the education system in the United States. Brown Center Director Russ Whitehurst joined Politico's Jonathan Martin and CBS News’ Bob Schieffer on Washington Unplugged to talk about the politics behind Obama's education policy and how it would affect our education system.
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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Russ Whitehurst assesses President Obama's education speech and applauds his commitment to regaining our international lead in education by addressing the "crazy quilt of state standards and assessments." But, he argues, "the proposal to provide incentives to states that improve their standards is a far weaker prescription than is desirable or politically possible."
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In the 2008 Brown Center Report on American Education, Tom Loveless closely examines the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), student achievement in the nation's largest urban school districts, and the trend of placing unprepared eighth-graders into algebra and other advanced math classes.
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Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Former President George W. Bush finished his tenure without having won congressional renewal of his No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policy. With President Barack Obama now at the helm, NCLB is up for debate. Brown Center Director Russ Whitehurst examines Reading First, a key component of NCLB, that aims to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade.
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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The economic recovery plan passed by Congress includes $100 billion for education, with more than $40 billion for local school districts to stave off staff and program cuts and upgrade schools. As Russ Whitehurst warns, the bill may have unintended effects on state spending for education and education reform.
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT
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- December 01, 2008, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
An extensive six-year study concludes that K-12 school finance systems are burdened by rules and narrow policies that hold local officials accountable for compliance but not results. On December 1, the Metropolitan Policy Program and the Brown Center on Education Policy co-hosted a discussion on a new report, “Facing the Future: Financing Productive Schools,” with two of its authors, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Hill and University of Washington Research Associate Professor Marguerite Roza.
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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 22, 2008, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
From 1990 to 2007, national enrollment in algebra courses soared from 16 percent to more than 30 percent of all eighth graders. What effect has increasing algebra enrollments had on students and teachers? On October 22, the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion of this trend, documented in the recent report, "The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth Grade Algebra."
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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
More U.S. eighth grade students take algebra today than any other math course. However, universal eighth grade algebra is creating more problems than it solves, writes Tom Loveless, as some 120,000 middle-schoolers are now struggling in advanced classes for which they are woefully unprepared.
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Tom Loveless offers an analysis on the achievement trends for high-achieving students (defined, like low-achieving students, by their performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP) since the early 1990s and, in more detail, since 2000.
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Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT
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- January 23, 2008, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Tom Loveless, editor of Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement (Brookings Press, 2007) and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, hosted a discussion with the book's authors about school policy and educational research.
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The 2007 Brown Center Report on American Education examines how well American students are learning in math and reading, the enrollment patterns in private and public schools, and whether more time spent learning math increases achievement. Tom Loveless, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, authors this report.
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- December 11, 2007, 10:00 AM to 11:30 am
The Brown Center on Education Policy released the seventh "Brown Center Report on American Education." The 2007 report examines how well American students are learning in math and reading, the enrollment patterns in private and public schools and whether more time spent learning math increases achievement. Tom Loveless, director of the Brown Center and author of the report, discussed the results.
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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The Brown Center Report on American Education provides an accurate, nonpartisan, data-driven account of American elementary and secondary education. First published in 2000, the report continues to use the latest and best evidence available to evalua
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Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 22, 2007, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
At an event hosted by the Brown Center on Education Policy, authors of a new volume examined whether No Child Left Behind is enhancing educational opportunities for our most disadvantaged students.
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Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Despite the rosy claims of the Bush administration, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 is fundamentally flawed, says Diane Ravitch. The main goal of the law — that all children in the United States will be proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014 — is simply unattainable.
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Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Greg J. Duncan, Jeffrey R. Kling and Lisa Sanbonmatsu (08/14/07)
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Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Tom Loveless; Education Week (7/25/07)
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Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, The New York Sun (5/25/07)
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Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Papers on Education Policy provides the latest thinking from nationally recognized experts on policy issues affecting grades K-12.
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Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 18, 2006, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
The Brown Center released its 2006 Report on American Education at an event. The report examines whether states are artificially inflating the number of students meeting proficiency standards mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
The 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education evaluates the role that student happiness and confidence play in achievement, and examines whether states are artificially inflating the number of students meeting proficiency standards mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In this Brookings paper, Tom Loveless reviews national polling data on NCLB, examines how states have responded, and assesses whether state and local opposition to NCLB has weakened the foundation of its political support.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:30:00 GMT
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- January 26, 2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Public debate on school choice in the United States often focuses on the question of whether school choice is good or bad. The reality is that school choice is here to stay. Getting Choice Right, the final volume from the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education, seeks to move the debate beyond the issue of whether parents should be allowed to choose by examining the connections between school choice and the goals of equity and efficiency in education.
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
The No Child Left Behind Act has the potential to improve many of America’s schools, but this potential is currently undermined by serious flaws in how the program evaluates school performance, writes Martin West. He proposes that the Department of Education allow states sufficient flexibility in devising alternative accountability schemes.
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Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Diane Ravitch writes that America will not begin to meet the challenge of developing the potential of our students until we have accurate reporting about their educational progress.
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Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch; The Wall Street Journal (6/20/05)
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Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:00:00 GMT
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- June 01, 2005, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Tom Loveless; AEI Conference With the Best of Intentions: Lessons Learned in K-12 Education Philanthropy(4/25/05)
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Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT
The 2004 Brown Center Report analyzes the difficulty of items on the math portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), examines the content training of middle school math teachers, and evaluates the Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
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Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:00:00 GMT
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- June 10, 2004, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
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Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Tom Loveless (4/15/04)
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Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 18, 2004, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Tom Loveless writes that the three main criticisms of NCLB are that it is inadequately funded, unfairly holds schools accountable for student performance, and requires an onerous amount of student testing. Loveless examines how each of these arguments will play out in the 2004 campaign.
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Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:00:00 GMT
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- December 11, 2003, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
A discussion of a new book from the Brookings Institution, No Child Left Behind? The Politics and Practice of Accountability.
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Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Report from the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education (11/17/03)
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Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 22, 2003, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT
The 2003 Brown Center Report addresses how students are performing in reading and mathematics, the amount of homework that students receive, and presents a follow-up to the 2002 study on charter schools.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2003 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 01, 2003, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Mon, 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Diane Ravitch on Chancellor Joel Klein's decision to mandate ""Month by Month Phonics"" for most New York City schools. She argues the city should endorse a menu of recognized, validated, evidence-based reading programs, not just one whose effectivenes
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Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Tom Loveless speaks before the Secretary of Education's Mathematics Summit in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2003. At the Department of Education's launch of its Mathematics and Science Initiative, Loveless addresses how American students are doing
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Diane Ravitch argues that Head Start cannot close the cognitive gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged children until it has better-educated teachers, better-paid teachers and a determination to prepare its nearly 1 million students for school.
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:00:00 GMT
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- November 14, 2002, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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Sun, 01 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT
The 2002 Brown Center Report addresses how students are performing in arithmetic, the academic achievement of high schools with dominant sports teams, and charter school achievement on state tests.
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Wed, 05 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in the New York Times, June 5, 2002
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Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:00:00 GMT
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- January 23, 2002, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Thomas Toch, Guest Scholar, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Washington Post, November 18, 2001
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Wed, 17 Oct 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Education Week, October 17, 2001
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Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow and Director of Brown Center on Education Policy, The Brookings Institution, Testimony Before the National Assessment Governing Board, September 24, 2001
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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:00:00 GMT
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- September 10, 2001, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT
The 2001 Brown Center Report investigates the enormous gap between the U.S. and other nations in mathematics achievement, analyzes the gap between the nation's best and worst readers in fourth grade, surveys the culture of the American high school, and looks at achievement in urban schools.
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Thu, 07 Jun 2001 10:00:00 GMT
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- June 07, 2001 at 10:00 AM
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Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, and Paul DiPerna, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Education Matters, Summer 2001
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Fri, 06 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Thomas Toch, Guest Scholar, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Baltimore Sun, April 6, 2001
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Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Record, February 19, 2001
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Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Paul T. Hill, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in The Weekly Standard, February 12, 2001
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Fri, 02 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
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- February 02, 2001 at 12:00 AM
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Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Paul T. Hill, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, in the Houston Chronicle, January 7, 2001
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Sun, 07 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Thomas Toch, Guest Scholar, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in The New York Times, January 7, 2001
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Sun, 22 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, October 22, 2000
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Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Interview of Education Week with Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, on September 13, 2000
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Tue, 05 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT
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- September 05, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Fri, 01 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMT
The 2000 Brown Center Report studies the use of calculators in math instruction and state and federal programs that single out exemplary schools for special recognition.
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Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Paul T. Hill, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Hoover Digest, Summer 2000
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT
This volume provides a clear, balanced analysis of the role of teachers unions in encouraging, implementing, and/or stifling reform in U.S. public schools.
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:00:00 GMT
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- April 11, 2000 at 10:00 AM
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in the Los Angeles Times, March 24, 2000
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, and Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in Education Week, March 22, 2000
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Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:30:00 GMT
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- March 20, 2000, 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
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Fri, 03 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institituion, in The New York Times, March 3, 2000
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 24, 2000 at 10:00 AM
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Tom Loveless, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in The Christian Science Monitor, January 18, 2000
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Tom Loveless, Director, Brown Center on Education Policy, the Brookings Institution, in the Christitan Science Monitor, January 18, 2000
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Wed, 08 Dec 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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- December 08, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 09 Sep 1999 09:00:00 GMT
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- September 09, 1999 at 9:00 AM
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Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT
In this book, Tom Loveless describes how schools in California and Massachusetts reacted to de-tracking recommendations and discusses why some schools went along with detracking while others bitterly resisted the reform.
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:15:00 GMT
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- August 26, 1998, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Tue, 07 Apr 1998 09:30:00 GMT
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- April 07, 1998, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Diane Ravitch, Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Post, February 25, 1997