The staggeringly high regard in which Americans once held Fortune 500 CEOs has certainly diminished in recent years. Back in the day, when they could fairly be described as “job creators,” CEOs were treated like folk heroes—think Jack Welch of GE or Lee Iacocca of Chrysler. But during the 2000s, U.S. multinationals have shed nearly […]
education reform
Posted inEducation, K-12, Magazine, May/June 2012
A Test Worth Teaching To
The race to fix America’s broken system of standardized exams.
Posted inEducation, K-12, Magazine, May/June 2012
Transcontinental Education
Soon, nearly every state in the union will have the same demanding standards for what students should know. If history is any guide, a burst of innovation won’t be far behind.
Posted inEducation, K-12, Magazine, May/June 2012
Introduction: The Next Wave of School Reform
The school reform movement—the decades-old bipartisan drive to improve public education with standards and high-stakes tests—might seem, on the surface at least, to be running out of steam. Its crowning achievement, George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which shook up public schools after it was passed in 2001, is now widely seen […]
Posted inBooks, Education, July/August 2011, K-12, Magazine
Rhee Engineering Education
Has D.C.’s radical experiment in school reform really worked?
Posted inEducation, July/August 2010, Magazine
Down and Out In Portland, Oregon
A city with all the advantages for keeping kids in school, and nothing to show for it.
Posted inJuly/August 2010, Magazine
How Philadelphia Kept More Kids In School
After decades of effort, a decade of progress.
Posted inEducation, July/August 2010, Magazine
Big Gains In the Big Apple
How New York City improved its high school dropout rate.
