The Harvard Gazette

Paul E. Peterson

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Student achievement gap same after nearly 50 years, study says

But at least it’s not getting wider, say authors, who cite decline in teacher quality as offsetting programs like Head Start

World|

DateMarch 18, 2019March 26, 2019

“Only 36 percent of African-American students went to college either part time or full time if they did not receive a voucher, whereas 45 percent of Hispanic students did,” Paul E. Peterson said. “In other words, African-American students were at substantially greater risk of never going to college in the absence of a voucher.”

School vouchers’ greatest impact

African-American students increase college enrollment 24%

World|

DateAugust 23, 2012

Compared with gains made by students in other countries, “progress within the United States is middling, not stellar,” notes Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, who was among the scholars to work on the report “Is the United States Catching Up? International and State Trends in Student Achievement.”

Student achievement stuck in the middle

Gains in U.S. fail to close international achievement gap

World|

DateJuly 16, 2012

Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning

<h4>March 2010, Belknap Press</h4><h5>By Paul E. Peterson</h5>

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DateOctober 7, 2010

In Dayton, parents’ satisfaction increased by moving children to private schools

Cheating, fighting, and vandalism diminish as problems

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DateAugust 7, 2001