The summer 2004 issue of Education Next is out and contains many items worthy of your attention. For example, Jay Greene and Marcus Winters's account of how Florida's A+ voucher program has spurred failing schools to improve. Voucher-eligible schools, they found, made gains 15.1 percentile points higher on the FCAT math test than the Florida average. Schools that were "voucher-threatened"-one more "F" from becoming voucher-eligible, that is-made gains 9.2 percentile points higher. Also, check out Daniel Willingham on "multiple intelligences," Senator Lamar Alexander on "Pell Grants for Kids," and a debate on whether school boards are obsolete.
Education Next, Summer 2004