First Bell 2-28-13
A first look at today's education news: The Obama Administration predicts dire consequences for Title I and special education if sequestration is not stopped, CPS plans to get tough on underperforming charters, and more
A first look at today's education news: The Obama Administration predicts dire consequences for Title I and special education if sequestration is not stopped, CPS plans to get tough on underperforming charters, and more
Fascinating results from Florida’s natural experiment
A first look at today's education news: Mathematica Policy Research finds that KIPP charters produce substantial achievement gains, a union-run charter is granted a two-year reprieve despite mixed achievement results, and more
A first look at today's education news: English and U.S. History remain the most popular AP courses, high school dropouts cost $1.8 billion in lost tax revenue each year, and more
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Sequestration threatens 400 teacher and aide positions, CREDO finds that NYC's charters are quality, and more
A first look at today's education news: A new analysis of NAEP scores contains a plethora of information, Arne Duncan implies strongly that he may grant district-level NCLB waivers, and more
A first look at today's education news: Teacher job satisfaction is at a twenty-five-year low, one in five students took and passed an AP exam, and more
A government policy developed by mostly-benevolent leaders can do incalculable harm to those it was designed to help
When it a CRPE report on modernizing state education agencies, Andy is of two minds
A first look at today's education news: a federally mandated commission issues a "blueprint" that harkens back to 1972, charter expulsion rates are no higher than those in traditional schools overall, and more
A first look at the education headlines from this weekend and today: NYC's school-bus strike is over, a study contends that charters select for students, and more
Good news: full-time workers with children in poverty have already been helped!
A first look at today's education news: More concerns over the president's pre-K plans emerge, MOOC providers struggle to catch cheaters, and more
A first look at today's education news: Questions on the cost and viability of the president's pre-K plan abound, a parent trigger goes off without a hitch, and more
A first look at today's education news: President Obama presented an aggressive early-childhood-education proposal in last night's State of the Union address, Michigan considers an expansion of the Education Achievement Authority, and more
A first look at today's education news: More than 6,200 students left D.C. public schools and didn't look back, watch for early-childhood education and college access in tonight's State of the Union address, and more
Take a broad policy directive, start a pilot, develop multiple external assessors, integrate this work with mid-stream RTTT-3 funds and a new tenure law, make course corrections, act with transparency about findings, and push on
Examining whether policies affect test scores
A first look at today's education news: California school construction puts future taxpayers on the hook for huge interest payments, lawmakers clash over how to hold states accountable for students' academic progress, and more
A first look at today's education news: Senate lawmakers held a hearing on NCLB waivers, second-generation immigrants outperformed the general American population in education, and more
Foiled by needlessly complicated government documents?
A first look at today's education news: MOOCs take a big step forward, food fights abound, and more
Quite the flashlight
A first look at today's education news: It's National Digital Learning Day, Cantor pushes school choice and college affordability, and more
Andy Smarick's pick of recent education news