Ann Foster of Parents for Public Schools has a great post about the pending No Child Left Behind reauthorization. She is a former school board member and presents a good balanced view of some of the key issues that need to be addressed. In particular I appreciate her focus on…
Today a look at education funding in the current economic crisis from guest blogger Doug Stein. Doug details how the market will react over the next two years and then lays out an interesting theory about how districts will bifurcate into factory and craftsman models on the rebound. Doug is…
Don’t miss Gary Stager’s scathing take down of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) over at the Huffington Post. He cites a recent review by the Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences that stated: “The program did not increase the percentages of students in grades one, two or three whose…
New York, Texas, California, and Florida have opted out of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and will be abandoning all high stakes testing. It is unclear at this time if other states will follow, although indications from across the political spectrum are clear there is strong interest. In a joint…