Challenged
America’s Top Public High Schools — as defined by how many students take Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge classes — is up at Newsweek. Magnets and charters tend to rate...
View ArticleTraining teachers like ice skaters
Teachers should be trained like ice skaters, argues Mike Goldstein, founder of the very successful MATCH school in Boston. That means lots of “deliberate practice.” From Jay Mathews: “A kid who...
View ArticleGood To Great to . . . not-so good
MATCH founder Michael Goldstein, now blogging on Starting an Ed School, looks at what happened over time to the companies praised in Jim Collins’ influential management book, Good to Great. After...
View ArticleCollege rah rah bah
“Millions of young people will never attend four-year colleges,” writes Sarah Carr in the Wilson Quarterly. “America must do more to equip them to secure good jobs and live fulfilling lives.” From...
View ArticleMATCH tutoring is effective, cheap
“High-dosage” tutoring has produced large achievement gains at MATCH Education‘s Boston charter schools, according to a Pioneer Institute study. “MATCH-style tutoring is less expensive and has proven...
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Boston: No excuses, high performance
Boston has the highest-performing charter schools in the country, writes MATCH founder Michael Goldstein on Flypaper. Why? Boston has lots of elite colleges, talented people — and the highest...
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The power of intensive tutoring
At Chicago Vocational Career Academy, which is desperately trying to raise its test scores and graduation rate, nearly all students come from low-income black families. Most ninth graders are years...
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