Alaska, Hawaii, W. Virginia get No Child Left Behind waivers
Three more states have received waivers from the U.S. Department of Education to free them from many of the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the ...
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Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Education is a big deal. It prepares our children, fuels our economy and accounts for more than a third of our state budget — even more for local ...
Who’s Afraid of School Profits?
Jason Bedrick Should there be a separation of school and profit? Many opponents of education reform seem to think so. Case in point, a blog post at ...
Hawaii Teacher: Does Island Culture Allow Bad Student Behavior?
Last year, a buddy of mine invited me to participate in an education think-tank group. About twelve of us met on a Saturday morning in a conference ...
Education reform approved and will be implemented next September - in spite of protests
EDUCATION minister Jose Ignacio Wert has put his schools reform into effect - despite countrywide protests against it. It will be ...
Liz Riggs: Technology in Tennessee: Why State Schools Must Catch Up With the Digital Age
It's the last week of school in Nashville, Tenn., and I am trying to keep my sanity. Students are passing in forms every day for dozens of different ...
Each and Every Child: Reflections on the Equity and Excellence Commission’s report (part 2)
In April, I wrote about the Equity and Excellence Commission’s report to Arne Duncan, “For Each and Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and ...
Panelists: Education reform is needed
Everyone on stage at the Education Forum in Novi Monday had a different point of view about the state of public education in Michigan, but all agreed ...
Editorial Board: Supporting Prince George’s education reform
THE BITTER fight over empowering Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III to manage the county’s public education system sadly isn’t ...