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Districts could save $10 billion, improve results, by shifting special-education staffing to national median
Fordham's latest report offers insights in to how to boost the quality and efficiency of special education
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Flap in Virginia shows reformers’ fealty to ideology over implementation
We need accountability systems that create urgency and push for significant gains every year. Ideological arguments and utopian objectives don’t help.
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First bell: 8-31-12
A first look at this morning's education news: Jeb talked ed reform, the GOP is divided on Common Core, and more
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First bell: 8-30-12
A first look at today's education news: Virginia starts over with its NCLB-waiver goals, California looks to overhaul pensions, and more
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Charter Schools
Leadership lessons from a brazen cheating scandal
Keeping ethics and results aligned
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First bell: 8-29-12
A first look at this morning's education news: Chris Christie takes on teacher unions at the RNC, the GOP's education platform is out, and more
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Boosting the Quality and Efficiency of Special Education
This groundbreaking study uses the largest database of information on special education spending and staffing ever assembled to uncover significant variance in how districts staff for special education. The report concludes that if the high-spending districts studied reduce their staffing in this area to the national median the public could save $10 billion and offers clear recommendations for improving special-education quality and efficiency.
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The 30 top education policy tweeters, 2012
A year ago, I compiled a list of the top education policy tweeters, as measured by Klout.com. Here's the latest and greatest list, circa 2012.
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First bell: 8-23-12
A first look at today's education news: Obama challenges Romney on edu-spending, CA students make the grade, and more
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Advanced Education
Raising the floor, but neglecting the ceiling
Gifted education, selective public schools, and the troubles of one of America's best high schools
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First bell: 8-22-12
A first look at today's education news: the PDK / Gallup poll is out, the Obama campaign releases an education ad, and more.
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First bell: 8-21-12
A first look at today's education news: Obama takes on the Ryan education plan, Ohio delays the release of report cards, and more.
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Paul Ryan and the education lobby’s suicide march to fiscal oblivion
Just as Scott Walker’s purportedly “anti-educator” reforms freed up money in his state for more spending in the classroom, so would Paul Ryan’s “radical” reforms free up money for education nationwide.
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First bell: 8-20-12
A first look at education news from the weekend and this morning: Obama on teacher jobs, the latest in the Adelanto saga, and upscale Catholic schools.
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America’s athletics vs. academics: The results might surprise you
Does the U.S. produce more elite athletes or high-performing students?
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The public's take on: special education
Findings from Fordham's latest: How Americans Would Slim Down Public Education