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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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Recent Publications

Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking

Policy Brief
William J. Mathis
May 14, 2013

The Dirty Dozen: How Charter Schools Influence Student Enrollment

Non-NEPC Publication by Fellows
Kevin G. Welner
May 10, 2013

Review of Report Card on American Education

Think Tank Review
Christopher Lubienski, Jameson Brewer
May 9, 2013

Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence

Research Brief
Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer
May 2, 2013

Review of KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes

Think Tank Review
Gregory Camilli
April 30, 2013

Review of Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement

Think Tank Review
Katrina Bulkley
April 23, 2013

Promoting Consumption at School: Health Threats Associated with Schoolhouse Commercialism

Research Brief
Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Michael D. Harris, Ken Libby, Joseph Fogarty
April 18, 2013

Review of Evaluation of Teach for America in Texas Schools

Think Tank Review
Edward J. Fuller, Nathan Dadey
April 9, 2013

Best of the Ed Blogs

Growing Losses: List of Teachers Who Have Publicly Resigned

Best of the Ed Blogs
Stephanie Rivera
May 17, 2013

Kiss Michelle Rhee Goodbye

Best of the Ed Blogs
Larry Cuban
May 17, 2013

"Industrial-Era Education" as Rhetorical Whipping Boy

Best of the Ed Blogs
Sherman Dorn
May 17, 2013

Walking Moral Tightropes Isn’t a Reform Strategy

Best of the Ed Blogs
Bill Ferriter
May 17, 2013

Quote Of The Day: Deborah Meier On Being Part Of The Solution

Best of the Ed Blogs
Larry Ferlazzo
May 17, 2013

The Obstinacy of Hope

Best of the Ed Blogs
Amethyst Hinton Sainz
May 16, 2013

3 Myths about Teacher Quality

Best of the Ed Blogs
Joe Bower
May 16, 2013

In U.S., Cheating Runs Rampant (Guest Post by Richard Block)

Best of the Ed Blogs
Richard Block, Susan Ohanian
May 16, 2013

School Turnaround: Talking Head Leaders Aren’t Capable, Our Educators Are

Best of the Ed Blogs
Julian Vasquez Heilig
May 16, 2013

Lessons from Finland and Wisconsin

Best of the Ed Blogs
P.L. Thomas
May 16, 2013

The Pieces are All Starting to Come Together. . .and the Picture Ain’t Good

Best of the Ed Blogs
Crazy Crawfish
May 15, 2013

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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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