In the wake of a 2011 presidential mandate to reduce administrative burden associated with grants, there has been a flurry of initiatives (see here and here) from federal agencies designed to streamline oversight and drive more funds to programs rather…
It is an old story: a good proposal lies dormant until the time is ripe. In this case, it has taken six years for a favorable regulatory environment and a new bureaucratic champion to emerge and push a long-stalled reform forward….
In the dramatic grants reform proposal released on Friday by the Office of Management and Budget and described here by guest blogger Jerry Ashworth, I thought one sentence aptly summarized OMB’s three core objectives (my caps): In order to ensure…
In fulfillment of a government-wide requirement, the U.S. Department of Education has just issued its semi-annual regulatory agenda: one completed action, nothing whatever either pending or planned. Zip. Nada. Zilch. By my reckoning — and I have been at this…
It seems some officials at the U.S. Department of Education took issue with a recent Title I-Derland post describing guidance on Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waivers as a “striking departure” from departmental precedent and a violation of ED…
We are in the New Year and that means another revolutionary twelve months of education policy lies before us. “Revolutionary” is, of course, a relative term for education policy, just as the speed of the slug is relative to that…
(This post was written by guest blogger Trish Boland, Title I Director for the Colorado Department of Education.) So, when did “what the market will bear” become an accepted practice in public education? Use of the adage grew more frequent…
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