As I noted in an earlier post, theories of federalism support a greater “polyphony” of state and federal input on education policy. That is, education policy and reform works best when both state and federal government can voice objectives and concerns. In my article, An Increased Role for the Department of Education in Addressing Federalism Concerns, …
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As a follow up to my earlier post with a concise history of the federal role in education, I’d like to share another portion of my paper about applying theories of federalism to education reform. The full text can be downloaded at SSRN, though for proper citation you’ll need to find the published paper: An …
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Khan Academy has been the education start-up to watch for awhile now, having been featured in Wired Magazine and endorsed and promoted by none other than Bill Gates. A new article by David Hill at SingularityHub gives a great summary of the Academy’s past year, showing why the program remains the hottest thing in education …
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I apologize for not posting for awhile, more will be coming soon. I have a new article coming out in the BYU Education and Law Journal in which I argue that Congress should give more control to the U.S. Department of Education in reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act (something that could happen any …
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Here’s a chart from Chicago open data about the progress report for Chicago Public Schools for the 2011 to 2012 school year. Here’s what I did. I narrowed the list of schools down to 208, including only those that had data in these three categories: ISAT (Illinois Standard Achievement Test) Exceeding Math %, parent engagement …
I was surprised at first by this info about how money provided to NYC through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is being used. But then I realized that most of the stimulus money is going to private parties, not the city, and isn’t counted in these stats. I still didn’t know, however, that so much …
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