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Direct linkNoonan, James; Schneider, Jack – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Parents and the public use accountability data to judge if schools are doing a good or a bad job educating their students. However, using the current data, schools perceived as "good" tend to be in better-resourced districts and enroll higher percentages of wealthy and white students. Schools perceived as "bad" tend to be in…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Accountability, School Demography, Educational Resources
Roegman, Rachel; Hatch, Thomas – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Four New Jersey school districts worked together to increase student achievement by applying a number of strategies focused on getting traditionally underrepresented students to take more AP courses. The districts are members of the New Jersey Network of Superintendents (NJNS), comprising 15 superintendents who work together to develop systemwide…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Success, Advanced Placement Programs, Equal Education
Fry, Richard; Parker, Kim – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
A Pew Research Center analysis of 2018 Census Bureau data finds that post-Millennials (ages 6 to 21) are the most racially and ethnically diverse generation of Americans, and they are entering college at a higher rate than generations of the past. Their parents are more likely to have college degrees and have a higher median income than the…
Descriptors: Demography, Profiles, Census Figures, Children
Ferguson, Maria – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The columnist weighs in on the most recent PDK/Gallup poll. The real value of the poll, the author says, comes from looking at each response and then thinking about the connective tissue between and among them. The poll's 47-year history adds yet another layer of rich context. Uniquely, the poll provides not a snapshot of public opinion, rather an…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Public Education, Educational Attitudes, Attitude Change
Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Teacher educators have not been sitting quietly by the side as others have demanded changes in teacher preparation programs. Across the nation, scores of efforts are underway to recruit, train, induct, and retain a highly skilled class of professionals for American schools. The stories presented in this article cover just a fraction of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Teacher Effectiveness
Lefkowits, Laura; Miller, Kirsten – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
In this article, the authors explain a method that helps policymakers and educators to identify the forces and trends affecting education today and to project how they might conceivably play out in the future. They suggest that by asking "What if?" in a disciplined way, it might be better to imagine the possibilities of tomorrow in order to take…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Futures (of Society)
