Education Next

2008 No. 4
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ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS RELEASES

August 28, 2008
For Public School Teachers, Evidence Supports Eliminating Pay for Credentials in Favor of Increasing Starting Salaries and Rewarding Performance Improvements
Read the full article, "Scrap the Sacrosanct Salary Schedule" by Jacob Vigdor

August 21, 2008
Cash Incentives for Students and Teachers Boosts Performance on SAT and Advanced Placement Tests
Independent research shows Texas program has biggest impact on Minority students. Read the full article, "Cash for Test Scores" by C. Kirabo Jackson

August 12, 2008
Confidence in Public Schools and NCLB Declining, Democrats Favored to Fix Nation's Education Problems, Education Next/PEPG National Survey Finds
Findings Also Show Most Americans Oppose Income-Based Integration and Mainstreaming Special Education. Read the full article, "The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey of Public Opinion" by William G. Howell, Martin R. West, and Paul E. Peterson


MAJOR ARTICLES

The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey of Public Opinion by William Howell, Martin West, Paul E. Peterson
Americans think less of their schools than of their police departments and post offices

Scrap the Sacrosanct Salary Schedule by Jacob Vigdor
How about more pay for new teachers, less for older ones?

An Appeal to Authority by David Whitman
The new paternalism in urban schools

Cash for Test Scores by C. Kirabo Jackson
The impact of the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program

Arrested Development by Michael Petrilli
Online training is the norm in other professions. Why not in K–12 education?

The Early Education of Our Next President by Peter Meyer
Not much in public schools

Out of Jail and Into Jobs by James Forman
Maya Angelou Public Charter School offers hope and an education to kids in trouble

Preschool Puzzle by Douglas Besharov, Craig Ramey
As state after state expands pre-K schooling, questions remain

Home Schoolers Strike Back by Josh Dunn, Martha Derthick
California case centers on parents’ rights

What Do College Students Know? by W. Stephen Wilson
By this professor’s calculations, math skills have plummeted

 


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