World Bernie Sanders Is Wrong about Cuba’s Literacy Program By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell March 6, 2020 Cuba’s supposed educational triumph is better understood as a product of propaganda and statistical chicanery.
Education Betsy DeVos Strikes a Blow for Religious Freedom By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell March 20, 2019 The secretary has announced that the Department of Education will no longer discriminate against religious organizations seeking to provide school services.
Education There’s Not Much Performance in Denver Schools’ ‘Pay for Performance’ System By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell February 14, 2019 Media coverage of the Denver teachers’ strike has gotten the story wrong because it proceeds from a faulty premise.
Education Kentucky’s Teachers Embrace a Broken Pension System By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell April 17, 2018 They’re making it harder to meaningfully boost their pay.
Education Let SUNY’s Charter Schools Act Like Charter Schools By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell September 20, 2017 SUNY Charter Schools propose a helpful experiment in teacher training, certification. Union leaders oppose it, wrongly.
Education Thanks to One Reform, School Principals Spend Weeks Doing Paperwork By Frederick M. Hess & Brendan Bell September 7, 2017 The struggle to improve balky education bureaucracies can lead school reformers to favor blunt mandates.