Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
| Hess, Frederick M. | 2 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
| New York | 2 |
| California | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textHess, Frederick M. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
Digital learning makes possible the "unbundling" of school provisions--that is, it allows children to be served by providers from almost anywhere, in new and more customized ways. At the same time, because it destandardizes and decentralizes educational delivery, digital education is far harder to bring under the yoke of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2008
Education reformers have long questioned whether school boards have become an anachronism. Pointing to promising efforts in Boston and New York City, some have argued for handing over control of school districts to mayors. A review of the research suggests that advocates overstate the evidence and underestimate the pitfalls, but, on balance,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Change, Boards of Education, School Districts
