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"Unfortunately, no states received an 'A'" in school reform, said Matthew Ladner, co-author of ALEC's new report card on American education.
Ben Boychuk - Sep 02, 2010
Vermont tops the states when it comes to test scores but ranks at the very bottom in school reforms, while Florida earns a solid B+ for its sweeping and sustained reform efforts, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s report card on American education. ALEC’s report card, now in its 16th year, offers a comprehensive overview of education achievement levels for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The top 10 reform states on this year’s report card are: Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, Arizona, Arkansas, and Idaho. The 10 states at the bottom of the reform list are Connecticut, Virginia, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New York, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont.The report card ... (read more)
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More HeadlinesBen Boychuk - September 02, 2010
Vermont tops the states when it comes to test scores but ranks at the very bottom in school reforms, while Florida earns a solid B+ for its sweeping and ... (read more)
Marc Oestreich - September 01, 2010
While still lagging in many achievement statistics, India’s education system is improving at historic rates, helping supply the nation’s ever-expanding ... (read more)
Ben Boychuk - August 31, 2010
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged Education Department employees to attend a controversial rally Saturday sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton. The ... (read more)
Ben Boychuk - August 27, 2010
New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler has become a high-profile casualty of Race to the Top. Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced Friday that Schundler, ... (read more)
edited by Ben Boychuk - September 01, 2010
The September issue of School Reform News leads with a report on the Obama administration’s Common Core Standards Initiative. Thirty-seven states ... (read more)
Neal McCluskey - August 26, 2010
A majority of Americans do not want federal bureaucrats seizing the education reins from the states, according to the latest Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll ... (read more)
Ben Boychuk - August 24, 2010
The U.S. Education Department on Tuesday announced 10 states in all would receive a share of $3.4 billion remaining from the $4.35 billion Race to the Top ... (read more)
Marc Oestreich - August 21, 2010
California may have stumbled onto the best idea in education reform since Milton Friedman’s voucher plan. Of course, in typical California style, ... (read more)
Marc Oestreich - August 23, 2010
The movement toward e-learning is strong in many sectors of the U.S. economy. In higher education, for example, 3.9 million students were enrolled in online ... (read more)
Rob Goszkowski - August 20, 2010
Starting this fall, Hawaii’s students won’t need number two pencils when they take the state’s reading and math proficiency tests. Aloha ... (read more)
Ben Boychuk - August 20, 2010
Congress last week rushed to pass an emergency-spending bill advertised as the only way for cash-strapped states to avert laying off hundreds of thousands ... (read more)
Ben Boychuk - August 17, 2010
Students returning to public colleges and universities for the fall may discover the rules governing campus organizations have changed, and not necessarily ... (read more)
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Robert Holland, an award-winning journalist and author who has championed school choice throughout his career, is a Heartland Institute Senior Fellow addressing education policy. His book on teacher preparation, To Build a Better Teacher: The Emergence of a Competitive Education Industry, was published by Praeger Paperbacks in 2004
