CPE discusses resurgence of “Ability Grouping” in video chat
The Center for Public Education’s (CPE) Director Patte Barth joined the Huffington Post today for a video chat on “’Ability Grouping’ in Schools.” The segment discussed the classroom practice of...
View ArticleHigh school graduation requirements are out of sync with Common Core, new...
A new report from Change the Equation (CTEq) and the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) examines the connection between state graduation requirements and...
View ArticleNSBA and CTEq host Common Core graduation requirements Twitter chat at...
The new report released last week from Change the Equation (CTEq) and the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Center for Public Education (CPE) examines the connection between state graduation...
View ArticleNAEP results show minority students making strong gains, but gaps remain
This was republished from the National School Boards Association’s Center for Public Education (CPE), The EDifier and written by Jim Hull, CPE’s Senior Policy Analyst. Minority students have made...
View ArticleCenter for Public Education examines good and bad news from ACT data
Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Public Education (CPE) at the National School Boards Association, recently analyzed the latest batch of ACT scores for CPE’s blog, the Edifier: ACT...
View ArticleNSBA’s Center for Public Education discusses professional development and...
The National School Boards Association’s Center for Public Education (CPE) was featured on Education Talk Radio today. CPE’s Senior Policy Analyst Jim Hull was a guest on the show discussing CPE’s...
View ArticleNew report finds teachers need more effective professional development to...
Despite decades of research, teacher professional development is not adequately helping teachers to develop their students’ critical thinking skills and subject matter knowledge so that they can be...
View ArticleNSBA President: Effective school boards will improve students’ success
David A. Pickler, the 2013-14 president of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and a member of Tennessee’s Shelby County School Board, wrote this column for the October 2013 issue of American...
View ArticleSAT results show minorities better prepared for college
Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Public Education (CPE) at the National School Boards Association, recently analyzed the latest batch of SAT scores for CPE’s blog, The Edifier: While...
View ArticleTeacher evaluation is broader than test scores, NSBA’s Center for Public...
K-12 teacher evaluation systems today are more refined and useful for improving teachers’ skills and connecting teachers to student achievement than past models, a new national report that examines...
View ArticleNCES report shows most states compare favorably to other countries in math...
Results from a new study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at the U.S. Department of Education has found the vast majority of states score above the international average...
View ArticleU.S. students doing quite well compared to international peers, CPE director...
Even though the United States does not rank number one—or even close—in subjects on international tests, that doesn’t mean that our schools are failing, Patte Barth, director of the National School...
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Urban districts making gains on test scores
NSBA’s Center for Public Education’s Senior Policy Analyst Jim Hull wrote this analysis on the National Center for Education Statistics’ Trial Urban District Assessment results released this week: On...
View ArticleCommon Core poses opportunities, challenges for English Language Learners
Imagine you’re a student being asked to demonstrate a level of knowledge and critical thinking never before demanded of the vast majority of students in the United States. That is what assessments for...
View ArticleExpanding School Choice: An Education Revolution or Diversion?
Patte Barth, director of the Center for Public Education at the National School Boards Association, penned the following column for the Huffington Post: House majority leader Eric Cantor (R-Va) was...
View ArticleNSBA comments on Fordham Institute’s new school leadership report
A new report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute concludes that school districts whose school board members are focused on student achievement are more likely than others to “beat the odds” academically...
View ArticleCommon Core implementation concerns raised
AASA, the School Superintendents Association, has newly released a survey of superintendents on the adoption and implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The survey, “Common Core and Other...
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NSBA President Anne Byrne: “High standards are a must”
Anne M. Byrne National School Boards Association (NSBA) President Anne M. Byrne recently discussed the challenges and potential for the Common Core State Standards during a meeting of the Learning...
View ArticleCenter for Public Education report finds no gains in mayoral control
Collaboration between mayors and school boards, not mayoral takeovers, can lead to better school governance and student achievement, according to a new report by the Center for Public Education (CPE)...
View ArticleAre charter schools really cheaper to run?
This is republished from NSBA’s Center for Public Education’s The EDifier blog by Jim Hull, Senior Policy Analyst. A new study from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas...
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