(This guest blog was written by Scott Joftus, co-founder and president of the education-consulting firm Cross & Joftus, based in Bethesda, MD. He can be reached at scott@edstrategies.net.) Should teachers be setting educational policy? Based on the comments to my…
In a pre-emptive strike against any attempt by federal agencies to game the upcoming sequestration, the Government Accountability Office testified last week that agencies can neither hoard money nor speed up spending in advance of the Jan. 2 implementation date….
To paraphrase an old Washington maxim, “A million here, a million there… Pretty soon you are talking real money.” On that subject, it appears that the Obama administration’s ESEA Flexibility waiver package could actually save almost $80 million annually just…
In a time of shrinking budgets and increasing pressure to succeed in a way that has never been expected before, effectiveness will of necessity be linked to cost. Evaluations of the interventions we employ will be conducted through the lens…
It’s no news that civility across party lines is a diminished commodity in Washington. At a time when Rush Limbaugh has drawn national ire for his latest outburst and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) has announced her resignation from a bickering …
(The following guest blog was adapted from a post written by Jerry Ashworth at our sister blog, Funding Attractions.) The Office of Management and Budget has released draft guidance that has the potential to significantly alter the landscape for grants…
(This post was written by guest blogger Julia Martin, legislative director of the Brustein & Manasevit law firm.) President Obama today released his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget proposal, sending the document to Congress for the consideration of members of…
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