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Paul Katula is the executive editor of the Voxitatis Research Foundation, which publishes this blog. For more information, see the About page.

Stories by Paul Katula

Long-term NAEP shows narrowing of black-white gap

By Paul Katula •
Some new data from the long-term NAEP (the Nation's Report Card) provides insights into the continued narrowing of the black-white and Hispanic-white achievement gaps in math and reading.

Chicago Public Schools lays off hundreds of teachers

By Paul Katula •
Chicago Schools laid off about 850 employees, incl. 545 of the district's 23,290 teachers. With a $1 bn budget deficit, the mayor blamed the cuts on Illinois's inability to fix its pension system.

Teacher prep programs rated by national council

By Paul Katula •
The National Council on Teacher Quality released ratings for teacher prep programs across the US, and 7 IL and 3 MD programs received grades of three stars out of four.

Chicago students protest at board meeting

By Paul Katula •
The Chicago Student Union protested at a Chicago Public Schools board meeting Wednesday. They were escorted out of the meeting by security guards.

Same-sex marriage rulings affirm a movement

By Paul Katula •
Landmark cases were decided about same-sex marriage in the Supreme Court. Both cases seem to make same-sex marriage equal to traditional marriage between a man and a woman.

Obama takes aim at power plant CO2 emissions

By Paul Katula •
President Obama has spelled out an outline for a plan that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants and take care of the environment in other important ways.

Common Core should not be called a 'curriculum'

By Paul Katula •
The US Education Secretary has asked that reporters not refer to the Common Core as a curriculum, but it looks exactly like the type of document that makes up the Maryland "State Curriculum."

Fisher v Texas remanded; affirmative action hangs on

By Paul Katula •
The Supreme Court remanded an affirmative action case to the lower court for reconsideration under a stricter legal standard. The decision may be the beginning of the decline of affirmative action.