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
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.
A first look at today's education news: Colleges attempt to recruit disadvantaged students early on, tea-party groups are mobilizing against the Common Core, and more
Mike debunks another set of lies, half-truths, and misinformation from the Pioneer Institute
A first look at today's education news: The CTU files a third lawsuit aimed at stymieing the Chicago Board of Education's plan to close forty-nine schools, Colorado's school-finance system has been ruled constitutional, and more
The Colorado Supreme Court made the right decision in the long-running Lobato school-finance case
In this week's installment, Andy Smarick interviews NACSA senior advisor and Harvard lecturer Nelson Smith
A first look at today's education news: Anthony Weiner's first mayoral debate is on education policy, Texas lawmakers pass a slate of education laws, and more
There are plenty of reasons to be against the Common Core, but the Pinoeer Institute's Jamie Gass and Charles Chieppo miss the mark completely
A first look at today's education news: The House passes legislation to halt a doubling of student-loan interest rates, Rhode Island adopts the Next Generation Science Standards, and more
A first look at today's education news: Forty-nine Chicago public schools will close, ACT Inc. jumps into the Common-Core-assessments arena, and more
A question for folks on both sides of the education-reform debate
Our first guest on By the Company It Keeps is Tim Daly, President of TNTP
A first look at today's education news: Three more states receive NCLB waivers, Chiefs for Change pushes back against calls for a moratorium on the stakes attached to standardized tests, and more
Observe what a low achievement bar these kinds of comparisons generally set
A first look at the education news from this weekend and today: Dennis Walcott reminds voters of Mayor Bloomberg's education-reform achievements, Michigan's charters are outperforming their traditional public school peers, and more
A first look at today's education news: The CTU files suit over Chicago's plan to close over fifty schools, NYC mayoral candidate Bill Thompson outlines his education agenda, and more
In favor of good old-fashioned school choice
