If “outrage is often a powerful prod to reform,” can allowing states to adopt new common core standards while they still set their own cut scores really motivate improvement? (Education Week)
What could novice teachers and figure skaters have in common? (Class Struggle)
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Title I College- and Career-Ready Standards
Last week President Obama announced plans to require all states to certify that their standards were “college- and career-ready” in order to obtain their portion of $14.5 billion in federal education funds. This is the single largest pot of education money in the federal budget–it’s previously been called Title I of the Elementary and Secondary [...]
SUPER-Sized QUICK Hits
We goofed yesterday and forgot to publish Quick Hits, so double the pleasure, double the fun!
Wish you had a four-day work week? Nearly one in seven sups is considering it, apparently. (Joanne Jacobs)
Is the economic evidence in on KIPP? (The Wall Street Journal)
Common Core: “Safe and effective?” Chester Finn ponders. (Flypaper)
Guess what? U.S. Olympic Figure [...]
Is an Adequacy Perfect Storm Brewing?
Last week, the Superior Court in my home state of Washington ruled that the state’s finance system was unconstitutional. The court concluded that the current finance system perennial underfunds a basic education, and that the current funding in not ample, stable, or dependable. It also has to rely too much on local supplemental funds to [...]
Getting a Good Shot
“Flu shots here.” Drive by any pharmacy and you’ll see signs promoting the vaccine for this year’s expected strain of influenza. (And later on, we’ll all be expected to line up again to get vaccinated against the H1N1 flu.)
No one expects that this year’s vaccination will protect us against next year’s flu. But, according to [...]
Assessing the Common Core
I’m at the Council of Chief State School Officers’ (CCSSO) assessment conference, so naturally there was a big plenary session focused on the common core standards work (led in part by CCSSO). But, even though the session was held before hundreds of assessment experts—and despite Secretary of Education Duncan’s commitment of $350 million in stimulus [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.