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Education Week’s graduation rate estimates are “exceedingly inaccurate,” experts say
[ POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON JUNE 4, 2008. ]

The corruption of school accountability
By Richard Rothstein
[ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE JUNE 2008 ISSUE OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR]

The Teaching Penalty: We Can’t Recruit and Retain Excellent Educators on the Cheap
By Lawrence Mishel, Sylvia Allegretto, & Sean Corcoran
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN EDUCATION WEEK ON APRIL 30, 2008, VOL. 27, ISSUE 35, PAGE 30. ]

Report distorted the debate: Education reform is no cure-all for low-income, low-achieving schools
By Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE USA TODAY ON APRIL 18, 2008.]

The teaching penalty
By Sean Corcoran
[ THIS PIECE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN EDUWONKETTE BLOG OF THE EDUCATION WEEK ON MARCH 7, 2008. ]

Leaving “No Child Left Behind” Behind
By Richard Rothstein
[THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN PROSPECT.]

Schools as Scapegoats
By Lawrence Mishel and Richard Rothstein
[THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE OCTOBER 2007 EDITION OF THE AMERICAN PROSPECT.]

Reforms that could help narrow the achievement gap
By Richard Rothstein
[ POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON JUNE 1, 2007. ]

A Test of Time: Unchanged Priorities for Student Outcomes
By Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR ON MARCH 5, 2007. ]

Testimony before the Labor-HHS Education Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives
By Lawrence Mishel
[ THIS TESTIMONY WAS GIVEN ON FEBRUARY 15, 2007. ]

Jay Greene’s persistent misuse of data for teacher pay comparisons
By Lawrence Mishel
[ THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN ON FEBRUARY 2, 2007. ]

The goals of education
By Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE PHI DELTA KAPPAN 88 (4), DECEMBER, 2006. ]

‘Proficiency for All’ – An Oxymoron
By Richard Rothstein, Rebecca Jacobsen, and Tamara Wilder
[ THIS PAPER WAS PREPARED FOR THE SYMPOSIUM, "EXAMINING AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAPS: NCLB AND ITS ALTERNATIVES," SPONSORED BY THE CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 13-14, 2006. ]

Should the federal government be involved in school accountability?
By Richard Rothstein and Eric Hanushek
[THIS DEBATE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE WINTER 2005 JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT]

The exaggerated dropout crisis
By Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE EDUCATION WEEK ON MARCH 8, 2006. ]

Equity and excellence in American higher education
Reviewed by Richard Rothstein
[ ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY-FEBRUARY ISSUE OF THE ACADEME MAGAZINE. ]

Alternative is no solution: On average, charter students don’t do better than public counterparts.
By Lawrence Mishel and Martin Carnoy
[ POSTED TO VIEWPOINTS ON DECEMBER 20, 2005. ]

Do charter schools cut it? No
By Lawrence Mishel
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ON JANUARY 16, 2005 ]

Social class leaves its imprint
By Richard Rothstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE EDUCATION WEEK ON MAY 19, 2004 ]

The Changing Nature of the Economy: The Critical Roles of Education and Innovation in Creating Jobs and Opportunity in a Knowledge Economy
By Jared Bernstein
[ TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON MARCH 11, 2004 ]

We are not ready to assess history performance
By Richard Rothstein
[ ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, VOL. 90, ISSUE 4, AND PRESENTED ONLINE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE HISTORY COOPERATIVE ON MARCH 3, 2004 ]

Teacher quality discussion
[ EPI-CONVENED CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT, AUGUST 20, 2003 ]

A conversation on school vouchers
Transcript from an EPI-convened conference with several of the nation’s top education researchers on the effectiveness of school vouchers and the quality of recent research on the topic.
[ EPI-CONVENED NEWS CONFERENCE, JUNE 12, 2003 ]

School Vouchers Don’t Make the Grade
by Helen Ladd [ MAY 9, 2003 ]

Bush Education Plan: Where Does It Take Us
by Doug Harris [ MAY, 2001 ]

Failing the Test to Improve Schools
by Doug Harris [ APRIL 28, 2001 ]

Bush’s Voucher Plan Gets Failing Grade
by Martin Carnoy [ FEBRUARY 4, 2001 ]

Vouchers are no cure-all for short-changed schools
by Martin Carnoy [ OCTOBER 6, 2000 ]