I’m not sure if the education leadership in California are mad or genius. The answer is probably “both.” This question is not new in California, but it’s most recent manifestation stems from California’s counterproposal to the United States Department of…
(Note: The Equity and Excellence Commission meeting scheduled for Dec. 5 was cancelled.)With complaints about deadlines and strong disagreements about the size of the federal role in education, the Equity and Excellence Commission recently looked to U.S. Department of Education…
A little-noticed provision of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s ESEA waiver flexibility would put a stake through the heart of a prime nemesis: the so-called “2 percent rule.” States that are approved for the ESEA waiver flexibility would no longer be…
One of the overlooked features of Duncan’s new ESEA waiver package is the fact that there is no new money in it. Yet state and local educational agencies are supposed to implement a host of intensive interventions in “priority” schools,…
If you look at the Obama administration’s education initiatives —School Improvement Grants, Race to the Top and the new No Child Left Behind waiver package — one thing becomes abundantly clear: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan likes him some extended…
Sooner or later, every conflict needs a name, a catchy shorthand reference. It’s a lot easier to say “the Gulf War” than “Operation Desert Storm.” Now, education attorney Leigh Manasevit has coined a term for the ongoing tussle over President…
Last night, my friend and colleague Andy Brownstein offered a number of predictions related to President Obama’s announcement today on No Child Left Behind waivers for states. His “insta-punditry” was based, in part, on comments made Thursday by “two senior…
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