ESEA
The old deal, the new deal, and the metrics
I don’t know about you, but I’m not paying much attention to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) debates in Washington. NCLB, flawed as it was, represented a bipartisan commitment to equity and an end to the toleration of chronic failure. What’s going on now (this weird local…
Good Assessment Key to Strong Accountability
Some #EdReform, #EdEquality, and #EdPolicy colleagues thought my blog Assessment Will Advance When it Moves Into the Background suggested that I didn’t support the idea of summative assessments and their associated use in school accountability systems. This section may have begged the question: We’ll need to invent our way out of…
We need an ESEA and a congress that works
Obama had a remarkable first 100 days. Race to the Top was an ingenious addition to the stimulus plan. But, as Tom Friedman argues, we need more than a 100 day burst.
The New Equity Agenda
Nearing a quarter of the school populations, Hispanic students are generally not well served by U.S. K-12 education. Here’s five state policies that would help.
State Edu Reform, Paul Pastorek, ESEA, Edtech in Idaho
EEP Signatory, State and National News on states rights and wrongs, messages of education reform, ESEA and education technology in Idaho.
State Leadership Matters
States should expand access to online learning to close the achievement, teacher, and fiscal gaps
Jim Shelton: Asst Dep Sec Innovation & Improvement, DOE
The Department of Education has asked for more funding to address the problem of dropout factories in America's urban centers, but it is not entirely clear that additional funding will be allotted, said Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, in a quick interview with edReformer this morning.
Jeb Bush Can Teach New Governors a Thing or Two
Duncan closed Excellence in Action. He's not likely to get the ESEA reauthorization he wants and will need to rely on leadership by new governors---many of them schooled by Jeb Bush.
The Pivot to Digital Learning: 40 Predictions
We're living through a historic shift from batch print education to personal digital learning. Here's how it will play out over the next 1, 5, and 10 years.
There Is No Local Control
Local control of education is an American anachronism corrupted beyond repair in urban areas and antiquated by innovation