Entries for the 'The Mission is Proficiency' Category

If half the students who dropped out of the class of 2008 had graduated, they would have generated $4.1billion more in wages, according to a new analy...

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In this must-see program David Gregory talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and civil rights leader Rev. ...

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Schools in Illinois are under investigation for "reclassifying" high school juniors, a practice which prevents low-performers from taking the state as...

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The Josephson Institute of Ethics has just released new study revealing a close connection between youthful attitudes and behavior and continuing patt...

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For decades Lawyer Tom Dunn worked defending death row inmates from their execution, however this year he can be found teaching at an Atlanta middle s...

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Look no further than Brockton High School for evidence that the mission of proficiency for all students is attainable - the largest high school in Mas...

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kirstof argues in favor of greater teacher accountability, and in support of measures that remove ineffective ...

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Steven Brill chronicles the incredible politics of firing New York City teachers deemed incompetent, including two very different views on the essenti...

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What are the consequences of dropping out of high school?   A new study by researchers at Northeastern University reports on the staggering ...

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Paul Krugman argues that strength of public education made America great, but that our current path of underfunding is ...

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