National Education Policy Center
School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder
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Twenty-first-Century Skills and Implications for Education
In this eighth in a series of short briefs exploring current education policy issues, Bill Mathis explains the sometimes-conflicting values and proposals for making schools relevant to meeting the needs of the 21st century.
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Review of Report Card on American Education
ALEC's latest "report card" grading the states is found to be more a statement of policy preferences from a market-oriented advocacy group, than an overview of research-based policies. Rather than improving education, its main purpose seems to be about shifting control to private interests.
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Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence
This comprehensive study reviews 311 full-time cyber schools throughout the country, and finds serious and systemic problems including limited oversight, lagging academic performance, high dropout rates, and excessive costs.
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Review of KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes
A Mathematica study concludes that Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) students have higher test scores than non-KIPP students. However, this review finds that, though the original evaluation was carefully planned and executed, the authors may have overstated the benefits attributable to KIPP.
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Review of Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement
While there is some useful information in a recent report claiming school districts led by city mayors raise student achievement, overall it is too flawed to rely on for policy guidance.
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The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) sponsors research, produces policy briefs, and publishes expert third-party reviews of think tank reports. The Center’s publications are written in accessible language and are intended for a broad audience that includes academic experts, policy makers, the media, and the general public. Our goal is to provide high-quality information in support of democratic deliberation about education policy. NEPC is housed at the University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education.
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