Ed Policy
Education policy consists of news, commentary and stories that follow legislation and government action in the educational sphere.
Common Core: Better Standards, Conditions, Tools, & Outcomes
Leaving the Common Core would be like a group of phone users leaving iOS or Android and going back to Blackberry--few apps, few updates, few friends. The politically motivated change would lead to weaker expectations, less teacher collaboration, and higher costs.
Career Education: Even College Grads Should be Employable
Parents with boomerang kids in the basement have learned that even college graduates should possess skills and dispositions that make them employable. Young people need access to postsecondary learning and work experiences that will help them develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions for employability.
Guiding and Personalizing College & Career Readiness
With robust blended, distributed and scheduling processes, not only can more students walk across the graduation stage with a diploma, but also with strong academic preparation and a meaningful plan to go with it.
EdTech 10: Map Is The Word
The key word for this weeks is “maps” - whether it’s mapping the way to college and career readiness, providing the latest mapping software to K-12 schools across the country or maybe just pulling out your road map to decide where you are going to visit during your summer vacation...
What’s Next in Education? A New Education System
By: Amy Anderson. To enable this much-needed fresh start, the Donnell-Kay Foundation initiated ReSchool Colorado to design and implement a new statewide public education system that pushes the boundaries of current thought and practice to provide an exceptional education for students living in this century...
Improvement vs. Innovation
Improvement is playing for singles and doubles. Innovation in swinging for the fences. EdLeaders need to lead community conversations that create the right balance of the two.
Was 2013-2014 an “A+” Year for Public School Options?
So while we prepare to embrace summer vacation, let’s take a moment to think of the families for whom this school year has been less than ideal. And let’s use the momentum of this year’s victories to prepare to make education opportunities available to more students in the school year to come.
How States Could Improve Online Options & Save Money
As full and part time online learning expands, "an emerging problem confronting state policymakers and education leaders is determining what states should pay for a specific course as part of an offering of supplemental courses."
Embrace Personalization and Privacy
New tools and schools that personalized learning represent the best opportunity we have to boost achievement levels in America and extend access to quality education worldwide. It is entirely possible to embrace personalization and privacy--new policies should embrace both.
Charter Schools and CBP in Washington State
The sector has learned how to open great schools, and those lessons are being put to work in Washington State. Charter Board Partners will help make sure every charter school in Washington has a great board and that every student in Washington has the chance to attend a great school.