October 2012
New program allows some high school students to move on when ready, Cronkite News, October 31, 2012
US Education in Focus, EuroNews, October 26, 2012
Why the ‘market theory’ of education reform doesn’t work, The Washington Post, October 12, 2012
September 2012
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout: We must restore respect for teachers, The Cap Times, September 29, 2012
Columbus schools craft vision statements, The Dispatch, September 29, 2012
Excellence for All, WTVA, September 28, 2012
Why Are We Afraid to Show Off Our Brightest Students?, The Atlantic, September 27, 2012
Marc Tucker on Sirius Radio by NCEE: NCEE President Marc Tucker recently appeared on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, a program on Sirius Radio’s political talk channel, to discuss why the teacher strike in Chicago struck a cord with the American public and what needs to be done to reform education in this country.
Chicago strike ends, but debate continues over how we regard and treat teachers in America, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 19, 2012
Blaming U.S. teachers for poor performance of students is not the answer, The Hechinger Report, September 19, 2012
How to Fix the Schools, The New York Times, September 17, 2012
Training Teachers to Embrace Reform, The Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2012
Benchmarking the World’s Best, School Administrator, September 2012
Book Review: Surpassing Shanghai, School Administrator, September 2012
August 2012
Columbus schools begin work on ‘new vision’, The Dispatch, August 25, 2012
West Lafayette school officials hope to open eyes with documentary on education reform, WLFI18.com, August 21, 2012
Branstad gets a failing grade, Quad-City Times, August 18, 2012
Guest columnist: What it takes for schools to rise above, Jconline.com, August 17, 2012
West Lafayette hopes film finds its mark, Jconline.com, August 16, 2012
Iowa looks abroad for lessons on education reform, The Hechinger Report, August 8, 2012
Branstad set to take another swing at education reform, Quad-City Times, August 5, 2012
Symposium underway on education leadership, RadioIowa, August 3, 2012
July 2012
More schools get chance at pilot program, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, July 15, 2012
After battle over charter schools, we can focus on real reforms, The News Tribune (WA), July 10, 2012
June 2012
Two Day Focus on Education and Jobs, News Channel Nine (TN), June 26, 2012
May 2012
Shanghai may have the right idea when it comes to training teachers, The State Journal, May 30, 2012
Roundtable Discussion on `Making Teaching a Profession’ (Audio), Bloomberg EDU, May 11, 2012
The Twilight of the Civic-minded CEO, Washington Monthly, May 9, 2012
April 2012
American Dinosaurs: What’s the Matter With Health Care and Education?, Op-ed by Marc Tucker, The Atlantic, April 7, 2012
Improving U.S. Education and Surpassing Shanghai, Education Week blog, April 30, 2012
U.S. vs. the world in education reform, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2012
My Response to Jay Greene’s “Best Practices are the Worst”, Education Next, April 18, 2012
What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland about ed reform, Washington Post, April 17, 2012
Marc Tucker on Redesigning American Education Based on the World’s Best Education Systems, Future of Education, April 12, 2012
March 2012
Five Questions For…Marc Tucker on Lessons from Shanghai, Teacher Training, and American Innovation, March 28, 2012
Kingman parents, students receive a course on Cambridge prep, Kingman Daily Miner, August 28, 2012
Schools in Tailspin, Philadelphia-Tribune, March 25, 2012
Education Excellence, Horizon-TV (Arizona), March 21, 2012
February 2012
American education can’t win if it doesn’t play the game, Flypaper (Guest blog), February 28, 2012
What States and Nonprofits are Doing to Encourage Early Highschool Graduation, Education Week (transcript of online chat), February 27, 2012
Program gets students through high school in 2 years, Frankfort State Journal (KY), February 10, 2012
Guest columnist: Education reform can put Iowa on top, Des Moines Register, February 9, 2012
What Can U.S. Schools Learn From Foreign Counterparts?, District Administration magazine, February 2012
January 2012
Some States Prodding Students to Graduate Early, Education Week, January 25, 2012
Is the secret to Finnish schools Finns or is there something for America to learn?, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 25, 2012
Tennesse and Georgia climb in education quality ranking, Times Free Press, January 13, 2012
Quality Counts: The Global Challenge: Education in a Competitive World, Education Week, January 12, 2012
Put International Lessons to the Test in U.S. Schools, Education Week, January 12, 2012
Surpassing Shanghai: Universal Effort in Japan, Minnesota 2020, January 11, 2012
Surpassing Shanghai: What Can We Learn from the World’s Best-Performing Education Systems?, School Leadership Briefing, January 1, 2012
December 2011
Education book: Setting new standards in a new world, Metro, 25 December 2011
Review of Surpassing Shanghai, Teachers College Record, December 22, 2011
Move On When Ready, Horizon TV, December 15, 2011
Focus on producing best teachers, Op-ed by Marc Tucker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 15, 2011
5 ways to save American education, Washington Post, December 15, 2011
U.S. school excuses challenged, Washington Post, December 11, 2011
Teacher Quality: What’s Wrong with the U.S. Strategy, Educational Leadership, December 2011
Why Innovation Can’t Fix America’s Classrooms, The Atlantic, December 6, 2011
November 2011
Jack Jennings: Have we Gotten It Wrong on School Reform, Huffington Post, November 23, 2011
Thomas Friedman and ‘Surpassing Shanghai’ on Fixing Schools, Education Writers Association, November 17, 2011
Average Is Officially Over, U.S. News and World Report, November 16, 2011
Admissions 101: Are the SAT and ACT to blame for the inferiority of U.S. schools compared to Finland, Japan, Singapore, and Shanghai?, Washington Post, November 15, 2011
A different role for teachers, Commentary by Marc Tucker, Education Next, November 10, 2011
Take a Lesson from Singapore, Dan Rather Reports, November 1, 2011
October 2011
Creating Education Success at Home, Education Week, October 17, 2011
NCEE Pilots Global Curriculum in High Schools, Education Daily, October 17, 2011
Pilot Aims to Ready High Schoolers for Community College in 2 Years, Education Week, October 3, 2011
September 2011
Editorial: First World education requires First World Policies, Tomah Journal, September 29, 2011
LCHS Taking Part in New Pilot Program, News-Democrat & Leader, September 27, 2011
Global Influence: What Can We Learn, NBC EducationNation, September 27, 2011
Education Experts Blog: The Waivers Are Here, National Journal, September 26, 2011
Experts say raise education levels to compete globally, WLBT-TV, September 14, 2011
Education Experts Blog: Assessing Obama’s Job Plan, K-12 Style, National Journal, September 12, 2011
Opinion: Necessary but insufficient, Twin Cities Daily Planet, September 7, 2011
August 2011
MDE to present statewide, public education forum, Starkville Daily News, August 31, 2011
School reform topic of Mississippi forum, Clarion Ledger, August 31, 2011
One Size Fits Most, Huffington Post, August 26, 2011
Rethinking a flawed education agenda, Washington Post, August 23, 2011
Kingman high schools wary of fast track plan, Daily Miner, August 22, 2011
Arizona Schools Try New Diploma System, Arizona Rebublic, August 12, 2011
July 2011
Op-ed: U.S. schools shun proven reform models abroad, The Tennessean, July 23, 2011
Tucker, Darling-Hammond, Ripley on Educational Reforms, Bloomberg EDU, July 22, 2011
June 2011
Q&A with Marc Tucker: Why we need a new reform agenda to compete internationally, Hechinger Report, June 29, 2011
Reasons for Hope, Education Week blog, June 28, 2011
Op-ed by Marc Tucker and Jerry Weast: Why American students lag in test scores, Baltimore Sun, June 20, 2011
Letter to the Gadfly: Speaking to “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”, Education Gadfly Newsletter, June 16, 2011
On Treating Students & Educators ‘Like Rats in a Maze’, Education Week blog, June 14, 2011
May 2011
U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds, Education Week, May 27, 2011
