Remembering the “Career” in “College- and Career-Readiness”
George Will asks some good questions about the Obama Admnistration’s proposal to link $14.5 billion in federal funding to whether a state certifies their education standards as “college- and...
View ArticleThe NEA’s Convoluted Stance on Tests, Growth Models, and Accountability
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers union, has said they “welcome public accountability” but prefer it to be based on growth models that “acknowledge the progress...
View ArticleESEA, NCLB, RTT, SIG, Oh My!!
The Obama Administration has a little bit of a timing problem on their hands. While attempting to re-authorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it has to simultaneously balance the...
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Let’s Do Something About High Schools
Bedford High School, located in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2006 while graduating 240 students, more than 90 percent of entering freshmen. According to all...
View ArticleLeaving No Child Left Behind, Behind
If the era of No Child Left Behind is over, what comes next? In a new Education Week Commentary, I argue that the way forward is to capitalize on what we’ve learned from the Race to the Top (RTT) fund....
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Quick Hits: 9th Anniversary of NCLB Edition
Tomorrow will mark 9 years since President George Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law, with the bipartisan help of former Senator Ted Kennedy and Congressman John Boehner. This law, that greatly...
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Sen. Harkin’s ESEA Reauthorization Bill
Yesterday, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released a long-awaited bill to reauthorize No Child Left Behind. After a series of Republican bills in the House and Senate as well as the Obama administration’s...
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More and Better Choices in School Improvement
Photo from jasonthebaldguy.com As my colleague Anne wrote in her earlier blog post on ESEA reauthorization, the Harkin-Enzi ESEA bill would require states to identify 5% of high schools and 5% of all...
View ArticleEducation News Trifecta
Isn’t Friday supposed to be “take out the trash” day in the news cycle? Instead, today has been chock full of major education news stories. Here are the highlights: A new study by Raj Chetty, John N....
View ArticleO Captain! My Captain!
English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, inspired his tony prep school students in the classic film, Dead Poet’s Society. But I always wondered: Could Mr. Keating hack it in a...
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