To receive the flexibility under the new ESEA waiver package, an SEA must assure that it will “evaluate and, based on that evaluation, revise its own administrative requirements to reduce duplication and unnecessary burden on LEAs and schools.” This certification…
Equity for poor children was the initial impulse behind the enactment of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. But that concept has faded as memories of the 1960s civil rights campaigns recede and the “unit…
Reviewing the ESEA waiver package presented by President Obama on Friday, state and local educational agencies might cry “Hallelujah!” Look at the flexibility: Schoolwide programs in every Title I school, no matter what the poverty level. No rigid school improvement…
In a prior post, I noted that there is a disparity between current federal fiscal requirements and the way districts and schools are implementing instructional technologies. The technologies are way ahead of the assumptions that underlie the fiscal requirements. This…
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