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…
Category Archives: Title III
Restructuring, Reform and Reality
September 20, 2011 – 2:08 pm
In a recent eduwonk post regarding NCLB’s complex and controversial school restructuring options, Andrew Rotherham wrote, “When it comes to tackling these problems, we have a serious failure of creativity, imagination, and, of course, political will. That’s not this law’s…
This Will Be 5 Percent of Your Grade…
September 15, 2011 – 10:01 am
If you were an 8th-grade teacher and you told your class that a 20-page term paper would be 5 percent of their grade, what kind of results would you expect? Being rational time-allocators, most of your students would probably turn…
Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Parents
September 6, 2011 – 8:00 am
August 11 was the first day of school in Nashville. I spent the morning at one of our district’s middle schools that has been identified as in “restructuring” under No Child Left Behind. Students in their new school clothes streamed…
‘Getcha Popcorn Ready’
July 8, 2011 – 11:17 am
The summer of 2001 seems like so long ago. The economy boomed on the back of technological innovation. A new Planet of the Apes hit theaters with a loud dud. The annoying (at least to me) sounds of “Lady Marmalade”…
Is Title III for You or for Me?
May 27, 2011 – 2:47 pm
(This post was written by guest contributor Steve Peha, President of Teaching That Makes Sense, an education consultancy based in Carrboro, NC.) Chuck Edwards brings up some good points about Title III compliance in this Title I-Derland post. No doubt,…
Title III Supplanting: Not Funny
May 10, 2011 – 8:19 am
In recent years, state and local education officials have grown so accustomed to hearing that they can’t pay for programs and services with Title III funds that it’s not uncommon to hear, often with a tinge of exasperation: What exactly…