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On many current measures based on existing state assessments, New Jersey has one of the best public school systems in the country. Our aggregate data consistently place us on the very short list of five top-performing states based on many key measures of success.
It has been more than 11 years since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly known today as No Child Left Behind, has been reauthorized. It’s long overdue for a tune up.
This summer one of my second-grader’s friends will be moving from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Washington, D.C. area. She was one of the top students in the class and will likely do well wherever she goes to school.
As we look to the future and think about the economic recovery, we can see the widening of a skills gap where the education and skill levels of Kentuckians don’t meet the requirements and supply of jobs.
America is in a global race for the future, and it’s falling behind. It’s a race to educate, train, attract, and invest in employees who are able to compete and grow in the 21st century.
In the ongoing campaign for education reform, charter schools are widely recognized as a promising avenue for improved student outcomes.
Yesterday, the Chicago Public School (CPS) Board voted to close 49 underperforming and under enrolled elementary scho
While collecting data for the “Transparency & Accountability” section of our 2012 Leaders & Laggards report, I discovered that Texas’s online institutional resumes, while a bit bland in deli
This Friday, April 26 marks the thirty year anniversary of the landmark report, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform.
The business community has a lot of interest in how the nation’s education system is performing. After all, companies are the eventual consumer of the education system. So, does business believe our education system is living up to its potential? No.
