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Frederick M. Hess

Frederick M. Hess

Why Are Advanced Placement Scores Suddenly So High?

In the past few months, a lot of attention has been paid to the spike in some Advanced Placement exam results. Ed Week’s Ileana Najarro…

6d ago

6d ago

Frederick M. Hess

Project 2025’s Education Lead on the Controversial Policy Agenda

Lindsey Burke is the lead author on the education section in Project 2025, the controversial agenda issued earlier this year by the…

Oct 2

Oct 2

Frederick M. Hess

This Group is Trying to Teach ‘Digital Literacy.’ Here’s How

I recently talked with Sam Wineburg, the co-founder of the Digital Inquiry Group, about his research into misinformation. We discussed some…

Sep 27

Sep 27

Frederick M. Hess

Students Are ‘Digital Natives,’ But Here’s Where They Struggle

Sam Wineburg is a co-founder of the Digital Inquiry Group (formerly the Stanford History Educational Group), a national leader in the…

Sep 25

Sep 25

Frederick M. Hess

How Does the Practitioner-Policymaker Divide Impede Schooling?

The relationship between practice and policy is fraught. When it comes to grading, devices, equity, choice, student behavior, and much…

Sep 18

Sep 18

Frederick M. Hess

How Educators Should Approach Election Discussions in Classrooms

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In…

Sep 11

Sep 11

Frederick M. Hess

Does Ideology Matter When It Comes to Good Educational Ideas?

When you’ve been around as long as I have, one gets all manner of intriguing questions. While I usually respond to such queries in private…

Sep 5

Sep 5

Frederick M. Hess

What Obama’s Secretary of Education Thinks About Schooling Today

Arne Duncan served as U.S. secretary of education under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2016, following a seven-year tenure as the…

Aug 28

Aug 28

Frederick M. Hess

Should Schools Adopt Equitable Grading Practices? A Teacher Voices His Concerns

Over the past six months, I’ve had an extended conversation about “equitable grading” with Joe Feldman, the author of Grading for Equity…

Aug 23

Aug 23

Frederick M. Hess

Education would be better off if it were more democratic, argues an advocate of a new schooling…

A key fault line in contemporary education is between those who see public schools as foundational to democracy and those who regard them…

Aug 21

Aug 21

Frederick M. Hess

Frederick M. Hess

Direct Ed Policy Studies at AEI. Teach a bit at Rice, UPenn, Harvard. Author of books like Cage-Busting Leadership and Spinning Wheels. Pen Ed Week's RHSU blog.

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