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…
Change is difficult in public education. There are many reasons for this but the way we finance our schools is one of the larger obstacles. Our school districts are not set up to fund innovation. They distribute funds based on…
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 their latest report on the ESEA, “Cut and Run,” Jeremy Ayers and Raegen Miller of the Center for American Progress take on Representative John Kline’s (R-Minn.) ESEA “Discussion Draft,” the Student Success Act. The title of the report is…
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…
One of the more puzzling “flexibilities” available under the ESEA is the option to consolidate state, local and federal funds in schoolwide Title I schools. Consolidating services and programs is sensible — it is a great relief to be able…
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