(This post was written by guest blogger Julia Martin, legislative director of the Brustein & Manasevit law firm.) In a March 18 interview on “Fox News Sunday,” former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that if elected…
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…
On February 15, 2012, the Obama administration proposed a $5 billion competitive grant program that Education Secretary Duncan said would “change society’s view of teaching from the factory model of yesterday to the professional model of tomorrow where teachers are…
A new report from the insightful folks at the Center for American Progress gives the lowdown on the 11 state applications for the first round of waivers from No Child Left Behind. Aside from recognizing the perennial “A” students (Massachusetts…
While everyone is analyzing the waiver proposals from the first states that applied, we here in the trenches carry on. There remain all of the confusing and contradictory rules around spending federal dollars that we deal with every day…and no…
The ESEA reauthorization game is one with long odds. No one can agree on exactly when it will happen or what it will look like. One thing is certain: Everyone is betting on getting some kind of relief, by reauthorization…
The Formula Fairness Campaign’s dogged pursuit of revisions in the Title I allocation formula faces the same basic obstacle as other pending legislation on Capitol Hill: a viciously partisan atmosphere that inhibits compromise. The Campaign seeks to reduce the impact…
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