AEI - Future of American Education Project

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Future of American Education Project

K-12 School Reform

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Frederick M. Hess, AEI's director of education policy studies, and Henry Olsen, director of AEI's National Research Initiative, have announced a new AEI research effort to discover and promote original empirical work on K-12 school reform. Codirected by Hess and Olsen, this education research project encompasses a wide range of important issues including federal education policy (such as No Child Left Behind), school governance, choice-based reform (such as vouchers, charter schools and tax incentives), school and district leadership, and teacher quality.

At the heart of this education research project is a working group consisting of twenty leading reform-minded U.S. researchers and educators. Trained in a variety of disciplines and approaching the challenges of K-12 reform from a range of perspectives, the working group will convene semiannually to suggest new lines of research, and to establish a respected forum for discussion of all new provocative K-12 education reform issues. The goal of the Future of American Education working group is not simply to rehash familiar arguments or to repackage previously published work, but to influence and encourage the national education debate for years to come.

EDUCATION OUTLOOK

In a recent issue of Education Outlook, Frederick M. Hess and Thomas Gift examine the challenges of school turnarounds.

Working Group Members

Larry Berger
Wireless Generation
Dominic J. Brewer
University of Southern California
Jack Buckley
New York University
Mary Cullinane
U.S. Partners in Learning, Microsoft Corporation
Thomas S. Dee
Swarthmore College
Michael Feinberg
Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)
Jennifer de Forest
The Calhoun School
Dan Goldhaber
University of Washington
Jay P. Greene
University of Arkansas
Monica C. Higgins
Harvard University
Brian A. Jacob
University of Michigan
Thomas Kane
Harvard University
Susanna Loeb
Stanford University
Bridget Terry Long
Harvard University
Rob Reich
Stanford University
Michelle A. Rhee
District of Columbia Public Schools
Jonah Rockoff
Columbia University Business School
Stefanie Sanford
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Jon Schnur
New Leaders for New Schools
Kim Smith
NewSchools Venture Fund
Christopher Swanson
Editorial Projects in Education
Rajiv Vinnakota
The SEED Foundation
Martin West
Harvard University
Patrick Wolf
University of Arkansas

Working Papers

"But the Pension Fund Was Just Sitting There: The Politics of Teacher Retirement Plans"

By Frederick M. Hess, Juliet P. Squire | No. 2009-04

"Diverse Providers" in Action: School Restructuring in Hawaii

By Frederick M. Hess, Juliet P. Squire | No. 2009-03

Private Capital and Public Education: Toward Quality at Scale

By Tom Vander Ark | No. 2009-02

Professors on the Production Line, Students on Their Own

By Mark Bauerlein | No. 2009-01

Success at Scale in Charter Schooling

By Steven F. Wilson | No. 2008-02

Is the U.S. Public Service Academy a Good Idea? Two Views

By Philip I. Levy, Chris Myers Asch | No. 2008-01

Education Policy, Academic Research, and Public Opinion

By William G. Howell | No. 2007-01

Events

Educational Innovation and Philadelphia's School of the Future

May 28, 2009

AEI and Microsoft partner together to discuss the role of technology in education.

An Army of Great Teachers?

March 24, 2009

Panelists will discuss questions regarding the role of teachers in K-12 education policy.

Do High-Stakes Tests Reduce Learning in Untested Subjects?

July 10, 2008

Marcus Winters presented findings from his new study: "The Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Student Proficiency in Low-Stakes Subjects: Results of Florida's A+ Accountability Program."

Does Mentoring Improve New Teachers?

June 25, 2008

Jonah Rockoff presented the findings of his study on the impact of mentoring in New York City.

Debating the Case for a U.S. Public Service Academy

January 9, 2008

What are the merits of a U.S. Public Service Academy? What might it offer that is not available at existing institutions? What concerns does it pose?

Is NCLB Leaving Children Behind?

July 16, 2007

Economist Derek Neal discussed with AEI's Charles Murray and analyst Katherine Haley the challenges involved in creating an accountability system with incentives for students.

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