School reform vs. school jobs? No.
Tucked away in a military spending bill in the House of Representatives is a false choice: saving jobs vs. education reform. The proposal, by Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, came to light yesterday thanks to the considerable candlepower of Alyson Klein, half of the dynamic duo that covers federal education […]
Education in the post-NCLB era
Education reform has taken a subtle but sharp turn in recent years, notes Kevin Carey of Education Sector in a
Attendees at the NewSchools Summit 2010 were treated to a special conversation between Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Representative George Miller, and NewSchools CEO Ted Mitchell. The lively conversation covered the topical Investing In Innovation Fund (application deadline is this afternoon!), Race to the Top funding, special education, financing college, teacher training, and much more. […]The Secretary and the Chairman: A conversation with Arne Duncan and George Miller
Scaling Impact: Answering the Administration’s Call
Susan Colby of The Bridgespan Group took audience members on a brief
This guest post comes from Ariela Rozman, chief executive officer of The New Teacher Project, an entrepreneurial organization that is changing the conversation about teacher effectiveness across the country. Discussion of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition often resembles coverage of a major political campaign. Most of the focus is on the horse […]Guest post: What Race to the Top Says About Education Entrepreneurs
I see i3 …
With 29 days until the application deadline, we got a first look this week at what the giant pile of applications might look like. April 1 was the
Guest post: Keep pushing for federal dollars
Our latest guest post comes from Teach For America‘s Kevin Huffman, who is also a columnist at the Washington Post, in response to Mike Petrilli’s recent post warning entrepreneurs away from pursuing fickle federal government funding. Mike Petrilli surfaced an interesting question in his blog entry here: should the education reform sector seek more federal […]
Guest Post: Beware interest-group-itis
Our latest guest blog post comes from Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, who has logged time in both the public sector (at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement) and the private sector (as a VP at K12, an online learning company). The entrepreneurial sector in education is right […]
Just a Little Light Summer Reading
The Department of Education has put out a
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