News and Blog - February 2012

NJ's 2012-2013 Budget

By John Bailey

February 29, 2012

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Obama Doubles Down: The 2013 Education Budget

By Peter Cookson

February 22, 2012

The Obama administration’s 2013 education budget outlines the spending priorities of the President with an emphasis on funding programs currently underway.

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Summary: 2013 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Education

By Neal Urwitz

February 21, 2012

The U.S. Department of Education recently released the 2013 budget request. This is the summary of that request. Read more
Assorted Links

By John Bailey

February 17, 2012

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DQC Webinar: How the New Common Education Data Standards Can Support Policy and Practice

By John Bailey

February 16, 2012

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Event Summary: Chairman John Kline Unveils His Vision for Fixing No Child Left Behind

By Neal Urwitz

February 10, 2012

Representative John Kline (R-MN), Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released a pair of bills that together would replace NCLB. Chairman Kline introduced the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act at an event at the conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI). This is a summary of that event Read more
Tutoring for Teachers?

By Neal Urwitz

February 9, 2012

Online tutoring is not just for students anymore. Now math teachers have access to it, through MyLive PD Online Coach Service. Read more
At War With Ourselves: Time to Declare a Peace Treaty

By Peter Cookson

February 9, 2012

Traditional public schools and charter schools are fighting very publically. Here is why it is time for them to declare a truce. Read more
ESEA Introduced; ESEA Waived

By John Bailey

February 9, 2012

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Cut This, Not That

By David DeSchryver

February 7, 2012

In their latest report on the ESEA, “Cut and Run,” Jeremy Ayers and Raegen Miller of the Center for American Progress take on Representative John Kline’s (R-Minn.) ESEA “Discussion Draft,” the Student Success Act. The title of the report is a tip-off that Ayers and Miller are not enamored with the draft. They raise plenty of legitimate concerns, but the one that catches my interest is their beef with the proposed elimination of the current maintenance of effort (MOE) provision. Read more

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