A Conversation on "Waiting for Superman"

October 4, 2010 - KQED's Michael Krasny moderates a discussion of educational experts regarding the controversial film Waiting for Superman and the complex education issue of teacher quality. The panelists discuss the problem and all its intricacies as well as potential solutions. This program was sponsored by the Stanford School of Education. The panel included Stanford professor Linda Darling-Hammond, Hoover fellow Rick Hanushek, and California Teacher of the Year Valier Ziegler. 

Berkeley Discussion of LA Time Release of Value-Added Scores

An Evidence-Based World - Eric Hanushek

Although testing and accountability were contentious issues in the past, the school system of 2030 relies heavily on data. Schools, teachers, and parents all see better data as leading to improved schools. This change reflects the development of better and broader tests and a movement to evaluations based on learning gains by all students. The movement to better uses of information has led to raised student achievement, although U.S. students still lag the best international students

Will U.S. Schools Drag Us Down? (Ford School)

Eric Hanushek of the Hoover Institution talks about the societal and economic returns of long term investment in schools, particularly problematic ones, as well as possible school reform policies that can help transform schools. March, 2010. 

Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses

Hoover Institution senior fellows and members of Hoovers Task Force on K12 Education Terry Moe and Eric Hanushek discuss Hanushek's new book Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses.