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China practiced economic reforms before political reforms, and China is still standing.

I resolved that if I were ever fortunate enough to be involved in some small way in historic events, I would try to understand and write about them.

For 44 years, I’ve had the privilege of observing, studying, and at times participating in major policy efforts to improve the nation’s schools—first as counsel to a

Center on Education Policy (CEP), a nationally recognized think tank.

PresidentObama summed up the situation succinctly in his 2011 State of the Union address:

The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations.

Over the past fifty years, U.S. school reform has been dominated by three major movements, aimed at promoting equity, increasing school choice, and using academic standards to leverage improvement.

When I studied history in college, I was impressed by those few individuals who took time later in life to reflect on the meaning of events in which they had played a part.

For 44 years, I’ve had the privilege of observing, studying, and at times participating in major policy efforts to improve the nation’s schools—first as counsel to a

To make real progress, we will have to think and act much more audaciously.The next round of reform must focus on the essentials of education—the quality of teaching and curriculum, and themeans of funding them.Moreover, if we truly want to improve our schools sooner than later, then we must declare a good education to be a civil right for every child.

To make real progress, we will have to think and act much more audaciously.The next round of reform must focus on the essentials of education—the quality of teaching and curriculum, and themeans of funding them.Moreover, if we truly want to improve our schools sooner than later, then we must declare a good education to be a civil right for every child.

To make real progress, we will have to think and act much more audaciously.The next round of reform must focus on the essentials of education—the quality of teaching and curriculum, and themeans of funding them.Moreover, if we truly want to improve our schools sooner than later, then we must declare a good education to be a civil right for every child.

The current campaign for the presidency presents an opportunity to discuss this improvement agenda.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the federal government enacted a variety of programs and policies to improve educational equity for minority children, poor children, children with disabilities, children with limited English proficiency, and women and girls.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the federal government enacted a variety of programs and policies to improve educational equity for minority children, poor children, children with disabilities, children with limited English proficiency, and women and girls.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the federal government enacted a variety of programs and policies to improve educational equity for minority children, poor children, children with disabilities, children with limited English proficiency, and women and girls.