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04/20/2018
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Nation’s report card show progress stalling, gaps widening The results of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were released earlier this week and showed that fourth and eighth-graders have made little to no gains in reading and math since the biennial test was last administered. Indeed, the lackluster results (average eighth-grade r...
03/23/2018
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A few things in the incubator If you’ve been to our website recently, you’ve probably noticed something’s changed. Well, we’re in the midst of building a new web presence that will not only offer users more functionality and interactivity but be easier to navigate and locate the information you need. Needless to say, thi...
12/15/2017
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School discipline policies debated on Hill; new research on growth mindset Earlier this month, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a full-day briefing on school discipline policy. The hearing comes at a moment of increasing tension in the debate surrounding racial disparities in the use of exclusionary discipline, like suspensions. While a 2014 “Dear Colleague” le...
10/20/2017
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Survey says: How Americans feel about its public schools In the last six months, four different groups have queried the American public about their attitude and views on public education and various education policies, including school choice. In an effort to find out where Americans agree and disagree in this area, we analyzed and compared each of the su...
09/22/2017
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CPE's newest report finds school choices abound in public schools In a Capitol Hill room packed with Congressional staff members, media, and policymakers last week, CPE released its latest report, Busting the Myth of One-Size-Fits-All Public Education. The centerpiece of NSBA’s Thought Leadership series, our study examined federal survey data to learn what educati...
09/12/2017
With great fanfare, we present our newest report, Busting the Myth of One-Size-Fits-All Public Education. It's a deeper dive from our original 2015 review of school choice and its various iterations to what actually exists in public schools today and, to some extent, what exists in private schools as well. Private schools aren't compelled to report school conditions and student outcomes like public schools are. Despite the limited data, we were still able to arrive at some pretty astounding findings. Check it out! http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/mythbusting
06/23/2017
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Debunking the utility of a four-day school week The Great Recession forced many states to make deep cuts to education budgets, pushing already struggling school districts to take drastic measures. One cost-cutting strategy that often draws the interest of cash-strapped school systems is a four-day school week. But does a shortened work week actua...
05/19/2017
At CPE, we spend a lot of time sifting through the data, assessing and evaluating the credibility of sources, as we inch closer to what is known and unknown in order to draw some conclusions. Evaluating the quality of information is a critical part of the research process because not everything can be taken at face value. In other words, people aren’t always truthful. Their reasons vary, but according to one study, lying is an innately human trait. Read more in this piece and take the quiz to find out what would compel you to tell a lie.
What Kind of Liar Are You? Take This Quiz to Find Out Lying seems to be a deeply human trait. Science suggests our reasons for deceit might be something else we share.
05/19/2017
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CTE reauthorization clears first hurdle; Americans views on school choice, unclear are as important to equip high school graduates with as a solid academic foundation. Towards that end, the House Education and Workforce committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the reauthorization of the
03/06/2017
The Washington Post ran a great piece over the weekend profiling Kentucky's Jefferson County Schools and the system's efforts to diversify its schools. We also featured the Louisville district in our report on school segregation. Catch both of them here:
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/segregation
http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Policies/Segregation-Then-Now-At-a-Glance/One-Schools-Plan-for-Diversity.pdf
GOP bill could dismantle one of nation’s most robust school desegregation efforts Legislation in Kentucky would force a return to neighborhood schools in Louisville.
02/24/2017
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Providing clarity on school segregation, CTE and public education in the U.S. While we did our best to synthesize the most pertinent research and present it in a concise and readable format (you know, the CPE-way), there was so much more to this topic that we didn’t delve into. Fortunately, the report’s author, CPE Research Analyst Chandi Wagner, has all that data...
Hey Morning Joe, we need to set the record straight on a few "facts" about public education. Read what we have to say in our blog and then give us call! http://blog.centerforpubliceducation.org/2017/02/09/alternative-facts-and-americas-so-called-failing-public-schools/
The EDifier - Center for Public Education watcher. I enjoy the background chatter, banter and congenial badgering while I’m getting ready for work. And often a segment makes me stop and pay attention.
02/01/2017
School “resegregation” has been in the news lately, but is it real? Are our schools becoming less diverse, even as our student body becomes increasingly so? And what, if anything, can school leaders and policymakers do about it? We tackle these questions and more in our NEW report, School Segregation Then & Now: How to Move Toward a More Perfect Union.
Find it here: http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/segregation
01/20/2017
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Spotlight on school choice: breaking it down, as support for reform strategy grows All eyes and ears were on Betsy DeVos, who as Trump’s pick for education secretary, participated in a confirmation hearing Tuesday evening. While the nearly four-hour session before the Senate HELP committee didn’t provide a lot of clarity on the Michigan billionaire’s position on a host of educatio...
12/09/2016
Heads up! Achieve, whom we have partnered with to help school districts streamline the number of assessments administered to students, is offering grants to districts interested in utilizing this framework. The deadline is December 16, so don't delay if you'd like to be part of this forward-thinking network.
National Network Application Application to participate in the Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts National NetworkThank you for your interest in the Student Assessment Inventory for School Districts National Network.
12/08/2016
We’ve heard a lot lately about the virtues of career and technical education (CTE) in providing alternate pathways to success for high school students after graduation. But exactly is CTE? We answer this and many more questions in our latest publication, Career Technical Education: Building Pathways into the Labor Market. Check it out here http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/CTE
10/21/2016
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Put this in heavy rotation: U.S. graduation rate breaks record AGAIN For the third time in as many years, public schools have established a new record for on-time high school graduation rates. Recently released federal data from the 2014-2015 school year showed the national graduation rate was 83.2 percent; it was 82 percent the previous school year and it hit 80 per...
09/23/2016
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School choice and another crisis looms in education School choice is all over the news. John Oliver recently lambasted charter school programs on his satirical news show. Donald Trump promised $20 billion to increase parents’ educational options. The NAACP has called for a moratorium on new charter schools. But in everyday life, for ordinary families...
08/22/2016
We recently announced a new collaborative effort with the non-profit Achieve that aims to address widespread concerns families and schools have about the amount of testing being administered to students. http://blog.centerforpubliceducation.org/2016/08/19/too-many-tests-in-your-district-you-may-need-assessment-101/
As it so happens, a recent survey conducted by the Center for Education Policy found that large numbers of teachers shared these same concerns, with some 81 percent declaring that students spent too much time taking tests. The poll also found that most teachers favored reducing district- and state-mandated tests, but not eliminating them since many used the data that assessments provided to help improve classroom instruction. http://www.cep-dc.org/displayDocument.cfm?DocumentID=1458
If streamlining and developing a more coherent assessment system intrigues you, you'll want to check out Assessment 101 http://www.data-first.org/learning/assessment-101/
08/19/2016
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CPE welcomes new analyst, joins effort to streamline student assessments in school districts You may have noticed a new name on the Edifier and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Chandi Wagner to the CPE team! A native Kansan, she comes to us most recently from Texas, where she worked at youth development non-profits such as Camp Fire USA and Girl Scouts, taught third-, fifth-, and sev...
07/15/2016
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Beyoncè and STEM. Game-changing? Yes. Overhyped? Maybe. STEM is steadily earning a place as the dazzling star in the high school curriculum and for good reason. The benefit of high-level science and math courses to later success in college, jobs, and even to healthy living is well-established. But while the importance of STEM is unquestioned, we do risk…
06/17/2016
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Stop, think, listen and other advice for people interested in learning As we approach the end of the school year, education news coverage has turned reflective, with many articles expounding on what worked and what didn’t before predictably throwing in a dash of what could be. A piece by a high school student in Seattle caught our eye and our imagination, read what he…
06/08/2016
In our series, we stumbled upon a winning formula we coined “high credentials.” When equipped with this mix of rigorous content and job-specific skills and knowledge, high school graduates performed at comparable, if not better, rates than those who did not have this kind of preparation. CPE’s Patte Barth recently visited a high school in Delaware that offered the type of high-level academics and career and technical pathways that are essential to fostering these “high credentials.” Read more below.
High-Level Academics + CTE = Success in College and Work Colonial School District straddles the boundary where suburban Wilmington gives way to Delaware's rural eastern shore. Its one high school, William Penn,...
We confess: we’ve got a thing for data. Still, our love for the digits does not mean we’re blinded by its limitations. Inspired by an interesting piece, our own Patte Barth writes about our complicated relationship with the data … datum … datum datum datum.
The EDifier - Center for Public Education At CPE, we are data driven. We encourage educators, school leaders and advocates to be data-driven as well. (Indeed, we have a whole website, Data First, which is dedicated to just that. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth your time to check out.) So while we think an over-abundance of data is a good...
06/01/2016
Research identifying the linkage between high school preparation and college success already exists but less is known about what that preparation looks like when high school grads decide to enter the workforce instead. By drilling down into a decade-long study of the Class of 2004, we had a perfect opportunity to trace the steps of non-college goers who had found success in life and the labor market all the way back to high school. We called our examination, , for the surprisingly few number of students who did not go on to college by the time the federal study concluded. We made other surprising and note-worthy findings, which we summarize and extend in our third and final installment of the series. Take the first step and read what we’ve discovered. http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/pathleasttakenIII
05/20/2016
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College, career readiness and the culmination of the Path Least Taken series A new report out from DC-based think-tank, Education Reform Now, dug through 2011 federal data of college freshmen and found evidence that seems almost counterintuitive: nearly half of first-year college students who took remedial coursework hailed from middle to upper-income families. Shocking? Not...
05/10/2016
“Math is about taking ingredients, putting them together, seeing what you can make out of them and then deciding whether it’s tasty or not,” says , mathematician to the masses.
Now here’s someone who is truly bringing real world relevancy to core subject matter. Sign us up, we’re hungry for more!
Eugenia Cheng Makes Math a Piece of Cake It can also be a piece of pie, or custard — so says a professor and author who spreads the magic of numbers through dessert recipes.
05/02/2016
Looks like Seattle and are tackling the important work of closing the achievement gap head-on.
If you’re looking for a framework to help you in this endeavor, check out the Leading the Change toolkit which CPE developed to help educators and policymakers transform low-performing schools and narrow the disparities within their school communities.
http://www.data-first.org/leading-the-change/
Education summit highlights disparities in student achievement More than 500 people attended Mayor Ed Murray’s Education Summit as part of an effort to improve Seattle schools by addressing achievement disparities among students.
04/29/2016
A fascinating Q&A with on the importance of urban school teachers (all teachers, really) finding and developing the connection between their students' lives and the curriculum. Our new report, Fixing the Holes in the Teacher Pipeline, confirmed there is a lack of diversity in the teaching force yet this article shows we could all learn something about how to engage students who come from different backgrounds than we do.
Why Teachers With Savior Complexes Are Getting It All Wrong Chris Emdin—an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, and associate di ...
04/29/2016
Well, what a surprise! According to this study, there may be some creative value in being snarky. Just be careful to whom and how you unleash that sarcasm, though. A little goes a long way.
Sarcasm Spurs Creative Thinking Although snarky comments can cause conflict, a little verbal irony also stimulates new ideas
04/29/2016
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CPE examines teacher shortages in NEW report If you read the headlines, you might get the impression there is a large or looming teacher shortage occurring across the country. While it’s true some parts of the U.S. are having a hard time finding and keeping good teachers, the problem isn’t nearly as widespread or simplistic as news accounts wo…
03/18/2016
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Next generation voters need better civics education While the constant news coverage and interest in the presidential campaign might suggest Americans are well-versed in our country’s political process, data from the most recent civics assessment of NAEP, colloquially known as the Nation’s Report Card, finds otherwise.
02/19/2016
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Honing in on early literacy, student discipline On Wednesday, Tenn. Gov. Bill Haslam launched “Read to be Ready,” a statewide initiative that will focus resources on improving the reading ability of elementary students, which recent state and NAEP test results showed were less than stellar--- only a third of Tennessee fourth-graders were proficie…
01/22/2016
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The whole truth, the half-truth and the uncomfortable truth It’s been over 60 years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared education “a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.” In concluding that separate was in fact not equal, Brown v Board of Education forced federal, state and local governments to open public schools to all children in th…
12/18/2015
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Rating teachers, schools and graduation rates With the president signing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) into law, the days of No Child Left Behind waivers (NCLB) and Race to the Top grants (RTTT) have officially come to an end. With that ends the ‘incentive’ for states to evaluate teachers based, at least in part, on measures of student…
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