February 9, 2016
By: Jackie Mader
Source: hechingerreport.org Eleven states now tie teacher outcomes back to their preparation programs, and an increasing number of states are planning to use that data to decide whether to keep programs open, according to a new report by Bellwether Education Partners. The report comes as many teacher preparation programs and experts are waiting […]
February 8, 2016
By: Alina Selyukh
Source: npr.org Can a kid succeed in school with only a mobile device for Internet access at home? Lorena Uribe doesn’t have to think about that one: “Absolutely not,” she says. When her old computer broke down several years ago, she and her teenage daughter found themselves in a bind for about five […]
February 8, 2016
By: SARAH BUTRYMOWICZ and JACKIE MADER
Source: hechingerreport.org PEARL, Miss. — When Claudia Sears posted an ad on Craigslist for a new employee for her child care center in Pearl, resumes immediately started coming in. There was just one problem: None of them were from people with any experience in child care. Sears, who has owned […]
February 3, 2016
By: Blake Montgomery
Source: edsurge.com The good news: Nine in ten low- and moderate-income families have an Internet connection, according to a new report. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, the research arm of Sesame Street, has published: “Opportunity for All? Technology and Learning in Lower-Income Families,” which documents the state of connectivity among […]
February 2, 2016
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: disabilityscoop.com A growing number of students with disabilities are spending most of the day in regular education classrooms alongside their typically-developing peers, according to new federal statistics. As of 2013, more than 6 in 10 school-age students served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act spent at least 80 percent of their […]
February 1, 2016
By: Laura Bornfreund and Conor Williams
Source: theatlantic.com Five years after his first inauguration, there’s a strong case that President Obama has made early education one of his core education policy priorities. As a presidential candidate, Obama pledged that if he were elected, he would invest $10 billion on early childhood. The following year, Congress’s 2009 […]
February 1, 2016
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: npr.org About three months ago, Bill Nelson got an unusual phone call. Nelson oversees data and assessment for the Agua Fria Union High School District in southwest Phoenix, Ariz. The call was from a former student, who left the district back in 2011. He was “not quite a graduate,” Nelson recalls. At […]
January 28, 2016
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: washingtonpost.com Anyone who thought that the U.S. Education Department’s power over states in regard to standardized testing was over because of the new K-12 education law passed in December should think again. The Every Student Succeeds Act was the result of a compromise among Republicans and Democrats who were intent on ending […]
January 28, 2016
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: washingtonpost.com I published a post the other day titled, “Parent: No, my kindergartner won’t be doing that homework assignment,” by a mother of three, Cara Paiuk, who wrote: I just can’t imagine prioritizing homework with my 5-year-old son when I feel it’s more important we spend time together as a family, nurture […]
January 28, 2016
By: Sonali Kohli
Source: latimes.com Ron Hagardt didn’t finish high school when he was supposed to, in 1985. Drinking led to pot, which led to cocaine, which led to dropping out of Sonora High School in La Habra during his senior year. Now he’s 48, four years sober — and a high school graduate. On Tuesday, […]