Education

  • Budget Week, FY 2012: Race to the Top Roll Out
    By David DeSchryver
    February 13, 2011

    Politico reports that "[t]he White House plans to announce a slew of education initiatives next week in conjunction with the release of the 2012 budget, including a new iteration of the 'Race to the Top' program aimed at funding individual school districts rather than states. [...]

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  • NCLB 2011 - The Great Bipartisan Hope.
    By David DeSchryver
    February 10, 2011

    Politico has an editorial by Bill Frist and John Podesta on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) or No Child Left Behind (NCLB), as amended and renamed in 2001.

    They argue that Congress needs to come together now to reauthorize the law – and here is why:

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  • Peter Cookson, Jr.

    A sociologist of education, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. has taught and held leadership positions at several leading colleges and universities including Teachers College, Columbia University. A leader in the educational reform movement, Peter has published extensively and conducted nationally recognized educational research. He is the author of fifteen books, including  Sacred Trust: A Children’s Education Bill of Rights (Corwin Press 2011). Peter serves as Senior Advisor to Whiteboard Advisors.

    In the last twenty years Peter has raised substantial funds for institutions of higher education and businesses for creating innovative and educationally effective programs and products. An area of particular expertise is assisting e-learning companies launching and sustaining programs in the public school sector. Peter is the founder of Ideas Without Borders.

    He holds degrees from New York University, Harvard and Yale. Read more

  • Wireless Broadband For Everyone!
    By David DeSchryver
    February 10, 2011

    Wireless broadband for everyone and, yes, that includes rural locations.  If President Obama has his way, the US government will sell some wireless spectrum to make this happen and, along the way, reduce the deficit by an estimated $10 billion.  While such estimates rarely turn out to be correct, the sale of such spectrum will be exciting.  Now, how can education entrepreneurs and schools make the most of this upcoming opportunity? Ideas? 

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  • Congress Passes Budget Caps for FY2011 Federal Program Spending
    By David DeSchryver
    February 3, 2011

    The Federal fiscal year (FY) 2011 is not yet complete.  Congress should have completed it last fall, but that did not happen due to the elections.  Instead, the previous Congress passed, and the President signed, a continuing resolution (CR) that extended FY2010 spending levels for federal programs until March 4, 2011.  The CR provides Congress extra time, and funding, to review the President’s proposed FY2011 budget.   Read more

  • Budget Crisis Pile-On!
    By David DeSchryver
    February 3, 2011

    Earlier this week, Whiteboard Advisors published its 2011 State Legislative Preview, commenting on the desperate attention to state deficits. Everything else, including education, is in the event horizon of this black hole issue. Read more

  • 2011 State Legislative Preview
    February 1, 2011

    There will be a lot of talk about “reform” in the states this year. Education reform, pension reform, health care reform, Medicaid reform, tax reform and immigration reform will be legislative priorities across the country. Reform is code. In this context reform does not necessarily mean better. It means cheaper. The discussion is not really about policy.  It will be about budget and how budget relates to other priorities.

    This document previews several issues to be debated heavily this year beginning, of course, with budgets.  Other priorities include: education, health care and pension reform, legislative redistricting, job creation, public private partnerships (P3), immigration and transportation.

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  • State Charter Rankings are Out
    By Ben Wallerstein
    January 20, 2011
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  • CBO Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 Through 2021 :(
    By David DeSchryver
    January 28, 2011

    The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated federal fiscal outlook for 2011 through 2021. It’s not cheery. Read more

  • Issue Brief: TAACCCT / Common Share IP
    January 28, 2011

    The US Department of Labor issued a Notice of Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants program.  This tongue-twisting grant will provide up to $500 million annually ($2 billion over fiscal years 2011-2014) for community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand their ability to deliver education and career training programs designed for workers who are eligible for training under the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program.  Congress created the TAA program to provide benefits to workers who become unemployed due to the impact of international trade.   Read more

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