Edward B Fiske
Biographic Data
| ID | 1099359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward B Fiske |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward B |
| FAMILY NAME | Fiske |
| SIGNATURE | FISKE E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | member of Theology Today's Editorial Council, is Religion Editor of The New York Times, and is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Princeton Theological Seminary. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Charter schools and equity: The power of accountability
Many proponents of charter schools suggest that, by providing an option outside traditional public schools, they are helping disadvantaged students who might otherwise be confined to low-quality neighborhood schools. But market-based accountability structures are insufficient to ensure that charter schools are actually enrolling students (i.e., students from economically distressed families, students with disabilities, English learners, and stude…
Weighted student funding in the Netherlands: A model for the U.S
Although a relatively new idea in the U.S., weighted student funding (WSF) for individual schools has a long history in the Netherlands. This country of about 16.5 million people has been using a version of WSF for all its primary schools (serving children from age 4 to 12) for 25 years. In this article we describe and evaluate the Dutch system and explore what insights there might be for the U.S., taking into account the very different cultural …
Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa
Beyond the Miracle offers a comprehensive and moving account of the years in South Africa since the 1994 election of a democratic government - a defining moment in twentieth-century political life. Written by Allister Sparks, one of South Africa's most distinguished living journalists, Beyond the Miracle covers both the proud achievements and disappointing failures of the administrations and then looks to the future, asking whether this can overc…
The uneven playing field of school choice: Evidence from new zealand
New Zealand's 10-year experience with self-governing schools operating in a competitive environment provides new insights into school choice initiatives now being hotly debated in the United States with limited evidence. This article examines how New Zealand's system of parental choice of schools played out in that country's three major urban areas with particular emphasis on the sorting of students by ethnic and socioeconomic status. The analysi…
Smart Schools, Smart Kids: Why Do Some Schools Work
The Church in the World
Christian Unity: Where Does it Stand
New Vistas in Theology
Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa
Beyond the Miracle offers a comprehensive and moving account of the years in South Africa since the 1994 election of a democratic government - a defining moment in twentieth-century political life. Written by Allister Sparks, one of South Africa's most distinguished living journalists, Beyond the Miracle covers both the proud achievements and disappointing failures of the administrations and then looks to the future, asking whether this can overc…
Weighted student funding in the Netherlands: A model for the U.S
Although a relatively new idea in the U.S., weighted student funding (WSF) for individual schools has a long history in the Netherlands. This country of about 16.5 million people has been using a version of WSF for all its primary schools (serving children from age 4 to 12) for 25 years. In this article we describe and evaluate the Dutch system and explore what insights there might be for the U.S., taking into account the very different cultural …
New Vistas in Theology
Christian Unity: Where Does it Stand
The Church in the World
Smart Schools, Smart Kids: Why Do Some Schools Work
The uneven playing field of school choice: Evidence from new zealand
New Zealand's 10-year experience with self-governing schools operating in a competitive environment provides new insights into school choice initiatives now being hotly debated in the United States with limited evidence. This article examines how New Zealand's system of parental choice of schools played out in that country's three major urban areas with particular emphasis on the sorting of students by ethnic and socioeconomic status. The analysi…
Beyond the Miracle: Inside the New South Africa
Beyond the Miracle offers a comprehensive and moving account of the years in South Africa since the 1994 election of a democratic government - a defining moment in twentieth-century political life. Written by Allister Sparks, one of South Africa's most distinguished living journalists, Beyond the Miracle covers both the proud achievements and disappointing failures of the administrations and then looks to the future, asking whether this can overc…
Weighted student funding in the Netherlands: A model for the U.S
Although a relatively new idea in the U.S., weighted student funding (WSF) for individual schools has a long history in the Netherlands. This country of about 16.5 million people has been using a version of WSF for all its primary schools (serving children from age 4 to 12) for 25 years. In this article we describe and evaluate the Dutch system and explore what insights there might be for the U.S., taking into account the very different cultural …
Charter schools and equity: The power of accountability
Many proponents of charter schools suggest that, by providing an option outside traditional public schools, they are helping disadvantaged students who might otherwise be confined to low-quality neighborhood schools. But market-based accountability structures are insufficient to ensure that charter schools are actually enrolling students (i.e., students from economically distressed families, students with disabilities, English learners, and stude…
Political science (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works)