Frederick M. Hess
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Inside Iowa’s Education Reform Agenda: A Conversation with Governor Kim Reynolds (opens the original)
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This event will not accept walk-ins. If you intend to attend in-person, please register in advance. Improving education in Iowa has been a priority for Governor Kim Reynolds. During her tenure, she has sought to revitalize K–12 education in Iowa by enacting universal school choice, investing in teachers, promoting literacy, and championing special education services. She has also expanded work-based learning opportunities and career pathways, offering a model for states looking to align educatio
Restoring Trust in Higher Education: A Conversation with Yale University President Maurie McInnis (opens the original)
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This event will not accept walk-ins. If you intend to attend in-person, please register in advance. Elite universities are navigating extraordinary challenges, including federal investigations, eye-popping prices, and the effects of AI on campus life. Meanwhile, many Americans believe their views are unwelcome at elite colleges. Public trust in higher education has cratered over the past decade, with 70 percent of Americans now saying the sector is headed in the wrong direction. Against this bac
We’re Finally Starting to Ask the Right Questions About Ed Tech (opens the original)
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In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords, our goal is simple: Tell the truth, in plain English, about what’s being proposed and what it means for students, teachers, and parents. We may be wrong and we will frequently disagree, but we’ll try to be candid and ensure that you don’t need a Ph.D. in eduspeak to understand us. Today’s topic is the tech backlash and what it means
Anthropology Jumps the Shark (opens the original)
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Earlier this summer, 10 accomplished scholars released their controversial “Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences.” They had been tapped by the reform-minded presidents of Vanderbilt and Wash U to evaluate the disciplines in question and concluded they had undergone “a deterioration in scholarly standards fueled by the substitution of political criteria for properly scholarly criteria.” In a grimly predictable response, the usual suspects quickly
There’s a Lot of Talk About “Career Readiness.” Have We Thought It Through? (opens the original)
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After a decadelong hiatus, it feels like “school reform” has gained new momentum (for better and worse). We see it in reading instruction, new school models, career pathways, and more. These efforts mostly echo reform initiatives from the first decade of this century. That means there’s much to be learned from the Bush-Obama years, even if they’ve faded in our collective memory. To help surface some of those hard-earned lessons, I turned to Stefanie Sanford, the president of Alithi Consulting an
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