First Bell 6-10-13
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Ability grouping and computer-adaptive testing are on the rise, special-ed students attend class virtually, and more
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Ability grouping and computer-adaptive testing are on the rise, special-ed students attend class virtually, and more
Mike asks Deborah the question: Does it "work"?
Dara Zeehandelaar, author of The Big Squeeze: Retirement Costs and School District Budgets, explains teachers pensions and the difference between defined benefits and defined contribution plans that states offer teachers.
The ESEA-reauthorization bill released by Senate HELP committee Chairman Tom Harkin could have left much more policy to the states
Tackling poverty and inequality from the reformer's perspective
Retirement costs and school-district budgets
A first look at today's education news: Senate Democrats unveil an NCLB-reauthorization bill; a deal on Wisconsin's income-tax cuts, school-voucher expansions, and public school funding moves forward; and more
Andy Smarick's latest interview is with Robin Lake, director of the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
A first look at today's education news: A 40-year-old CA law requires student achievement to be included in teacher evaluations, a D.C. councilmember proposes a package of bills that would dramatically reform the District's public education system, and more
Before the Supreme Court announces its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, let's consider two important findings about the real world of higher education
One of three technical reports on retirement costs and school-district budgets.
A first look at today's education news: NYC finally has a new teacher-evaluation system, some Michigan lawmakers set their sights on blocking Common Core funding, and more
When it comes to pension reform in the education realm, it’s hard to stay positive. Here, we’re saddled with a bona fide fiscal calamity (up to a trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities by some counts), and no consensus about how to rectify the situation. No matter how one slices and dices this problem, somebody ends up paying in ways they won’t like and perhaps shouldn’t have to bear. All we can say is that some options are less bad than others.