Size Doesn’t Matter? Money Won’t Buy Achievement?

There’s a new paper from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UM, High School Achievement in Maine: Where You Come From Matters More Than School Size and Expenditures, part of the newest Maine Policy Review.

Here are the questions asked:

Two recent education policy initiatives operate from the premise that higher student achievement at lower public [...]

Scientifically test educational theories?

The Broad Foundation is putting a lot of money, $44 million, actually, into an effort to try to test, in a conclusive way, some educational ideas

…the research is intended to infuse education with the data-driven approach that is common in science and business, Dr. Fryer said. He compared the current methods of educational research to [...]