Innosight Institute’s Comments on Race to the Top District Draft
We hope that Race to the Top-District competition encourages substantive student-centered reform, and in order to ensure this clear purpose we have a few suggested revisions.
What We’re Watching: Mike Petrilli on Romney’s Education Platform
Ed Next editor Mike Petrilli talks with the Wall Street Journal about how Mitt Romney compares to Barack Obama on education.
A Race to Fix Education Governance?
How very refreshing, even exhilarating, the inclusion of superintendents and boards in a results-based accountability system.
The Romney Education Plan: Replacing Federal Overreach on Accountability with Federal Overreach on School Choice
A better idea might be to take a page from the Obama Administration handbook and make funding portability voluntary.
The Ballot Box: A Tool for Education Reform?
Stand for Children made a prudent choice by taking to the ballot box a proposal which ties hiring, firing, and transfer decisions to teacher effectiveness.
When Washington Focuses on Schools
Uncle Sam is dreadful at micromanaging what actually happens in schools and classrooms. What he’s best at is setting agendas and driving priorities.
A States’ Rights Insurrection Led by…California?
Three cheers for California’s governor, state superintendent, and state board chair, for applying for a waiver from NCLB that doesn’t kowtow to Washington.
What We’re Watching: Reform School – New Series by ChoiceMedia.TV
Jay Greene and Joe Williams discuss the role of the federal government in education in the pilot episode of a new show.
Door Still Closed
Alabama plaintiffs lose federal school finance challenge
Alabama plaintiffs lose federal school finance challenge
Bush Saves Romney From Etch A Sketch Hell!
As was widely reported Jeb Bush endorsed Mitt Romney yesterday. The Times called it a “coveted endorsement”—and indeed it is, no matter how much fun Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich had at poor Eric Fehrnstrom’s expense.
The Newsroom’s View of Education Reform
Surprise! The press paints a distorted picture
Surprise! The press paints a distorted picture
Jack Jennings and a Half-Century of School Reform
Much as I respect and admire Jack Jennings, in spite of all his experience in this field, his main tool remains federal legislation, which I’ve come to believe is almost always wielded clumsily in pursuit of nails that either won’t budge at all or end up bent.
Putting the Schools in Charge
An entrepreneur’s vision for a more responsive education system
An entrepreneur’s vision for a more responsive education system
School Finance Litigation: With defeats like these, who needs victories?
Last Thursday, Washington’s Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature needs to spend more on education. At first glance, the ruling looks like significant victory for the plaintiffs, but a close reading of the ruling shows that looks can be deceiving.
Evaluate Teachers on How Much Students Have Learned
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a group of parents and taxpayers sued the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to make the district follow the law, by evaluating teachers based on how much their students have learned.
A is for Accountability*; What’s at stake in the ESEA debate**
Liberal reformers and prominent editorial pages are raging mad about the Harkin-Enzi bill’s supposedly weak approach to accountability in its ESEA update. Are they right to be? And is it true that Republicans have become teacher union stooges when it comes to federal education policy?




