Roland Fryer

Type: Person

Name: Roland Fryer

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Here’s how to scale school innovation

In a new TED talk, Adam Frankel, creator of Digital Promise, discusses how technology can help scale-up personalized learning and scale school innovation.After a stint writing education speeches for President Obama, Frankel told the audience that he wanted ... [Published eSchool News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Invention, Roland Fryer, Education, Harvard University, National Bureau of Economic Research

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Don’t bet on longer school days

If we give New York Citys middle schoolers another 2 1/2 hours in school every day, will they learn more? Dont hold your breath.As of 2011, less than a quarter of city eighth-graders tested as proficient in reading. So Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott ... [Published New York Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Eva Moskowitz, Jay Greene, Roland Fryer, Caroline Hoxby

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Learning takes time: Growing movement seeks to expand length of school day

There is a growing movement to expand the length of the school day in elementary and middle schools, especially those that serve low-income students. Early achievement results are promising.ShutterstockSummaryThere is a growing movement to expand the ... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 05 2013]

Entities: Chris Gabrieli, Dannel Malloy, Education

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Ali Breland: Obstructing the Path to Equality

I am one of the many students at The University Of Texas at Austin who Abigail Fisher believes she deserved a spot over. I didn't graduate in the top 10 percent of my high school class. The admissions board holistically judged my application, taking into ... [Published Huffington Post - May 03 2013]

Entities: African-Americans, Edward Blum, Equality

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Grier seeks extra funding for HISD's Apollo schools program

Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier on Thursday lobbied the school board for at least $17 million to continue and expand his Apollo school reform effort, noting new research showing its positive impact.Grier could face resistance from some trustees ... [Published Houston Chronicle - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Terry Grier, Apollo Program, Houston (Texas, United States), Roland Fryer

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 1 reports

How Much Does Your Name Matter? A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast

Our latest Freakonomics Radio podcast is called “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes , get the RSS feed , or listen via the media player above. You can also read the transcript ; it includes credits for the music ... [Published Freakonomics - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Eric Oliver, Dalton Conley, Checkmate (UK) Ltd

First reported Dec 10 2012 - Updated Dec 10 2012 - 1 reports

Fryer and Levitt Go Ghetto

In academia, it is seen as an honor when someone wants to reprint one of your published papers in an edited volume of collected papers. It is really an honor if someone wants to take the time to translate it into another language. Roland Fryer and ... [Published Freakonomics - Dec 10 2012]

Entities: Roland Fryer, Education

First reported Dec 03 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Can Longer School Days Close the Achievement Gap?

By: Kelly ChenGraphics courtesy of the Center for Time & Learning. Read the full report here.In an experiment aimed to raise achievement in America's public schools, 11 school districts across five states -- Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York ... [Published PBS - Dec 03 2012]

Entities: Education, Ford Foundation, Arne Duncan, Dannel Malloy

First reported Dec 02 2012 - Updated Dec 03 2012 - 1 reports

Five states, including Tennessee, to increase class time in some schools

googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1337183616249-0'); WASHINGTON -- Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announce Monday that they will add at least ... [Published Kingsport Times-News - Dec 02 2012]

Entities: Education, Dannel Malloy, Public Education, Arne Duncan

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Here’s how to scale school innovation [Published eSchool News - May 21 2013]
UChicago to evaluate effects of increased math ... [Published University of Chicago - May 15 2013]
Don’t bet on longer school days [Published New York Post - May 07 2013]
Learning takes time: Growing movement seeks to ... [Published Deseret Morning News - May 05 2013]
Ali Breland: Obstructing the Path to Equality [Published Huffington Post - May 03 2013]
Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker advocates paying... [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 20 2013]
HISD's Grier seeks more funds for Apollo plan [Published Houston Chronicle - Apr 19 2013]
Grier seeks extra funding for HISD's Apollo sch... [Published Houston Chronicle - Apr 19 2013]
How Much Does Your Name Matter? A New Freakonom... [Published Freakonomics - Apr 08 2013]
How Much Does Your Name Matter? Full Transcript [Published Freakonomics - Apr 08 2013]
Drumbeat: December 26, 2012 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Dec 26 2012]
Fryer and Levitt Go Ghetto [Published Freakonomics - Dec 10 2012]
Can Longer School Days Close the Achievement Gap? [Published PBS - Dec 03 2012]
Five states, including Tennessee, to increase c... [Published Kingsport Times-News - Dec 02 2012]
Career Tech VISION 2012: An Integral Learning E... [Published PRWeb - Nov 08 2012]

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How Much Does Your Name Matter? A New Freakonom... [Published Freakonomics - Apr 08 2013] Our latest Freakonomics Radio podcast is called “How Much Does Your Name Matter?” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes , get the RSS feed , or listen via the media player above. You can also read the transcript ; it includes credits for the music ...
How Much Does Your Name Matter? Full Transcript [Published Freakonomics - Apr 08 2013] This is a transcript of the Freakonomics Radio podcast “How Much Does Your Name Matter?“ [MUSIC: Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators, “Witching Hour Blues” (from Harlem Mad )] Stephen J. DUBNER: Dalton Conley is a sociologist at NYU. He has a book ...
Drumbeat: December 26, 2012 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Dec 26 2012] New York City’s Law Tracking Energy Use Yields Some Surprises In courting tenants over the last six years, 7 World Trade Center has trumpeted its gold LEED rating, an emblem of sound environmental citizenship. But when it comes to energy efficiency, ...
Fryer and Levitt Go Ghetto [Published Freakonomics - Dec 10 2012] In academia, it is seen as an honor when someone wants to reprint one of your published papers in an edited volume of collected papers. It is really an honor if someone wants to take the time to translate it into another language. Roland Fryer and ...