Petrilli

On Thursday Jack Buckley, the commissioner of the National Center on Education Statistics, which administers NAEP, told Michael Petrilli of the Fordham Institute that he was confident that the scores on that test were accurate.

Richard Lee Colvin: Atlanta's Lessons on Standards and Cheating Richard Lee Colvin 2011

On Thursday Jack Buckley, the commissioner of the National Center on Education Statistics, which administers NAEP, told Michael Petrilli of the Fordham Institute that he was confident that the scores on that test were accurate.

Richard Lee Colvin: Atlanta's Lessons on Standards and Cheating Richard Lee Colvin 2011

Here's more from Petrilli in an interview last May:

Julie Woestehoff: Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy Julie Woestehoff 2011

Conservative "education gadfly" Mike Petrilli bluntly advocates doing away with school boards in his recent essay, "One Size Fits Most":

Julie Woestehoff: Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy Julie Woestehoff 2011

Here's more from Petrilli in an interview last May:

Julie Woestehoff: Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy Julie Woestehoff 2011

Their point is this: There is a huge difference between Republicans in state governors 'offices, where many worthy experiments are underway to improve schools, and Republicans in Congress, where Finn and Petrilli say "the GOP doesn't know what it stands for on education anymore."

What would a Republican Congress do for our schools? Jay Mathews 2010

Local control, Finn and Petrilli say, often means union dominance in the cities and smug complacency in the suburbs.

What would a Republican Congress do for our schools? Jay Mathews 2010

By far the wisest pieces on this issue lately are by Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli of the Fordham Institute in Washington, found on their edexcellence. net Web site.

What would a Republican Congress do for our schools? Jay Mathews 2010

Finn and Petrilli correctly conclude that "states 'rights in education today mean weak standards, shaky accountability, ed school monopolies in preparing teachers and principals, limited (and resource-starved) school choices, meaningless certification and regulation requirements, and scant freedom for those running schools to ensure that they'll be effective."

What would a Republican Congress do for our schools? Jay Mathews 2010

Conservative "education gadfly" Mike Petrilli bluntly advocates doing away with school boards in his recent essay, "One Size Fits Most":

Julie Woestehoff: Education "Reformers" Next Target? "One-Size-Fits-All" Democracy Julie Woestehoff 2011