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Georgia's Virtual Schools Funding Formula
After a request for information, the Georgia Governor's Office of Planning and Budget has sent the funding formula it uses to calculate monies for virtual schools.
Don’t kill the guys that will make the US #1 again
Harkin follows the lead of a short-selling hedge fund manager and attacks private colleges; in doing so he's working against the president's completion goal of being 1st in the world by 2020.
Unfair Virtual Schools Funding in GA, Group Claims
A parent organization in Georgia claims that the State of Georgia is not allocating appropriate levels of funding to virtual schools, despite a state law that mandates it should.
Measuring Text Space
What impact have digital resources had on the choices librarians and districts make about reading materials available in public school libraries?
Don't Put Education Reform at Risk
Are education programs really a luxury that we can afford to lose? No. They are the means towards changing status quo politics, and the status quo is getting in the way.
Hacking Tools, Please
Those quick and nimble angel investors and VC firms -- are they really that quick and nimble? Or is the new metaphor for investing in education a stone mason, pounding away at a slab of granite?
Online in Rhode Island
A quick interview with Deborah Gist, Rhode Island's Commissioner of Education about online learning and new budgeting strategies for the state.
School Finance Fix
School finance is convoluted and ineffective. The fix: 1) money should follow kids to best options, 2) low income kids should get more money, and 3) funding should be flexible and outcome oriented.
A Little State's Big Budget Move
A review of the Rhode Island budget decision that should have people feeling optimistic about education reform.
CapEx Thinking
Private capital plays an important role in public education, because most superintendents can't raise money to invest in productivity improvement.