High School Accountability Systems
In “Mind the Gap: The Case for Re-Imagining the Way States Judge High School Quality”, Chad Aldeman argues that new, more multidimensional ways of judging high school quality are essential. …
Knowledge Base
Don’t Quit on Me: The Power of Relationships for High School Graduation
Don’t Quit on Me: What Young People Who Left School Say about the Power of Relationships examines, from the perspective of young people themselves, the roles that relationships with adults …
Building Blocks for College and Career Readiness
A recent report released by The Foundation for Educational Excellence titled Building a Bright Future: Understanding College Readiness in Baltimore City Public Schools includes useful indicators and building blocks for …
Survey: Education around the World is not Preparing Students to enter the Workforce
A recent study conducted by Gallup titled, “Connecting Education to the Real World” with input from the members of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar finds …
Parent Perceptions of College and Career Readiness
The third and final phase of a new national survey released by Achieve – Rising to the Challenge: Are Recent High School Graduates Prepared for College and Work – shows …
How Are States Reporting on College and Career Readiness?
States are collecting and reporting on a wide range of college and career readiness measures. A new brief and interactive map from the Center on College and Career Readiness and …
Getting Smart’s Seven Skills for Smart Cities (and States!)
Getting Smart is a website devoted to improving education in today’s rapidly changing and globally connected world. One recent initiative of Getting Smart is “Smart Cities that Work for Everyone.” …
Grad Gap Wider than Enrollment Gap Among Poor
A new longitudinal study highlights the stark reality in the U.S. that class matters far more than academic achievement up to grade 12 in terms of graduating from college. Simply …
Deeper Learning: A Primer for State Legislators
Deeper learning is a term being used more and more across the country, and state education leaders are being asked to create and implement aligned policies. A new report from …
Evidence of Systemic Biases in Teachers’ Expectations of African American Students
New research published by the Upjohn Institute finds that non-black teachers have significantly lower educational expectations for black students than black teachers do when evaluating the same students. This is …