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Explore the current landscape of education policy in the United States, including topics like local control, standardized testing, teacher standards, funding, and Common Core. Delve into the controversies and reforms shaping the future of education, such as school choice and college affordability. Discover lessons from global systems for improving educational quality.
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The State of US Education • Cross-national comparison • US Education in crisis? • Local control • Growth of state role • Interstate and intrastate disparities • Testing, testing, testing
No Child Left Behind (and the rise of standardized testing) • The basics/testing • Choice • Teacher Standards • Flexibility • Funding • Student Achievement and school accountability • What works with NCLB? • What doesn’t work with NCLB?
Common Core to the rescue? • Common Core basics • About the standards • Criticisms • Political Controversy • Future of Common Core?
Teaching and Education reform • Teachers and educational quality • Teacher assessment and accountability • Teachers’ unions • So, how do we get better teachers • Lessons from other countries
Contemporary policy controversy: School Choice • School choice • Charter schools • Vouchers • Trump policy proposals
College and education policy • College Costs/Free College? • Federal regulations
Conclusion • Lessons from the world • It’s not easy, but the good ideas are out there