All Posts Tagged: 'ESEA Reauthorization'


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March 17th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized

ESEA: Is it just a series of vote-buying programs and failed top-down control of schools? (Cato@Liberty)  Or will a new version of the federal education law help drive innovation and experimentation? (Center for American Progress)
Which teacher evaluation reforms did an L.A. Unified task force recently recommend?  Will the school board sign on? (Los Angeles Times)
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March 15th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized

Should the NCAA ban schools from March Madness for low grad rates? (US News)
Montessori schools are great at teaching children to communicate and count. But can they overcome gangs? (Independent of London)
Stanford has one of the best schools of education around, according to some rankings. But why is a charter school affiliated with the [...]

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Obama’s Blueprint for ESEA Reauthorization

March 15th, 2010 | Category: Accountability

If you haven’t read President Obama’s blueprint for reforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it’s available for download here. All in all, it’s a pretty good outline and contains elements for everyone, but ultimately it should be seen as a reasonable compromise document on a contentious law. It doesn’t solve any of the [...]

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Western Bracket about as Competitive as the PAC-10

March 5th, 2010 | Category: Accountability

Building on the many March madness analogies of late (Andy) and (Ed Week), it seems that the West has been shunned in the Race to the Top, much like the Pac-10 in basketball this year (not a single Pac 10 team even near the top 25). Of the 24 states west of the Mississippi, only [...]

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February 18th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized

Could news of a bipartisan plan to reauthorize ESEA mean that, well, Congress really plans to reauthorize ESEA? (House Committee on Education and Labor)
Is reforming the student loan industry back on the front burner, as Sec. Duncan says? (The Hill)
Is it about time? Houston schools try to extend the school [...]

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February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized

What might “Smarter about accountability” mean for ESEA reauthorization? (New York Times)
Does the budget provide some insight into where the Administration might be moving? (Christian Science Monitor)
Who are the winners and losers in the President’s budget? (Flypaper)
What do the states want the Feds to do? Apparently, a lot less. (Education Week)

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January 29th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized

When should the administration start ESEA reauthorization? Now is not too soon, says Gov. Bob Wise. (Alliance for Excellent Education)
Txting is gr8? So sez a new study. LOL. (h/t The Education Gadfly)
So the dictionary’s back on the shelves. (District Dossier)  But The Diary of Anne Frank? Not yet. (The Washington Post)
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