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Senate Panel Approves New Early Education Funding for 2014
For more details on the Senate Appropriations Committee Labor-HHS-Education bill, check out this post from our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.The Senate Appropriations Committee voted last week to approve...
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The Way We Talk: Professionalism
This is the first in a series of posts reflecting on terminology pervading today’s polarizing debates about American education. In each post, we’ll ask how various buzzwords—“professionalism,”...
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Pairing Investments in College Access with Investments in Early Education
My hometown, Kalamazoo, Michigan, made waves in 2005 when the superintendent of the local public school system announced that anonymous donors had established a fund to cover the college tuition of...
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Storify: House 'No Child Left Behind' Debate
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.On July 18 and 19, members of the U.S. House of Representatives took to the floor for a heated debate on a proposed reauthorization of the No...
View ArticleStorify: House 'No Child Left Behind' Debate
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Early Ed Watch.On July 18 and 19, members of the U.S. House of Representatives took to the floor for a heated debate on a proposed reauthorization of the No...
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Syllabus: Week of July 22, 2013
Welcome to the Syllabus, a guide that provides insight into what’s happening in higher education. Read: More Than 150 Private Colleges Flunked Financial-Health Test in 2011, U.S. SaysGoldie...
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The Way We Talk: Accountability
This is the second in a series of posts reflecting on terminology pervading today’s polarizing debates about American education. In each post, we ask how various buzzwords—“professionalism,”...
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IES Report: Early Interventions and Early Childhood Education
On July 23rd the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) released a report on research pertaining to early childhood education. The report describes findings supported by IES early intervention and...
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Syllabus: Week of August 5, 2013
Welcome to the Syllabus, a guide that provides insight into what’s happening in higher education. Read: Students With Credentials Fare Better as Transfers From Community CollegesKatherine Mangan, The...
View ArticlePre-K Debates: Access and Quality
In the early education policy world, the research consensus supporting public investment in high-quality pre-K programs is overwhelming. We know that money spent on these programs leads to big savings...
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New Report Highlights Top Teachers’ Views on Education Policy
“Good teaching is hard to define, even for the profession’s most successful and reflective members.” So says a new report from The New Teacher Project (TNTP) that compiles highly effective teachers’...
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The Way We Talk: Choice
This is the fourth in a series of posts reflecting on terminology pervading today’s polarizing debates about American education. In each post, we ask how various buzzwords—“professionalism,”...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post also appeared on our sister blogs, Early Ed Watch and Higher Ed Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government....
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post first appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government. Unable to reach...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post first appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government. Unable to reach...
View ArticleStorify: Delaware Education Leaders on Implementing Comprehensive Education...
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View ArticleTired of Federal Gridlock? Take a Look at Education Reform in the States
As the government shutdown continues (with no end yet visible), it’s easy—and wholly understandable—to get cynical. If we can’t manage basic stuff like funding the federal government, it’s hard to...
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Shutdown Got Your Data? Check Out Our Federal Education Database
The federal government has been officially shut down for over two weeks now, and the impact has been real: furloughed employees across the country, Head Start programs shut down (and some reopened),...
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Shutdown Got Your Data? Check Out Our Federal Education Database
The federal government has been officially shut down for over two weeks now, and the impact has been real: furloughed employees across the country, Head Start programs shut down (and some reopened),...
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Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities
The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S. June 27, 2014Clare McCannURL: http://education.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/IDEA_6_25_2014_FINAL.pdf Click here...
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