Arne Duncan: We've reached a critical phase in education reform
The next few years are critical for education reform, with the implementation of higher standards likely to put tremendous pressure...
Read More >Florida roundup: Education summit, teacher evaluations, grad rates & more
Jeb summit coverage. Education Week: Jeb Bush urges reformers to stay the course. More from ABC News/Univision, Washington Times, National...
Read More >Tony Bennett: I'm thinking, praying about applying for Florida ed commissioner
Tony Bennett is on many a Florida ed reformer's wish list to be education commissioner. And on Tuesday, he said...
Read More >Jeb Bush talks bipartisanship in ed reform, predicts parent trigger passage in Florida
Kicking off his foundation's fifth annual national education summit, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stressed the usual components of his reform...
Read More >Florida roundup: Florida’s academic gains, $10,000 bachelor’s degrees and more
Florida mirage? As the Foundation for Excellence in Education summit gets underway today, Reuters takes a look at Florida’s academic...
Read More >Ed reform is left, right and center
The lineup for this week’s Jeb Bush education conference is further evidence that a growing centrist coalition has emerged to...
Read More >Florida roundup: Rick Scott, religious schools, charter performance & more
What does Rick Scott want? Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab on the possibility of Tony Bennett coming to Florida: “Indiana's...
Read More >Florida roundup: Gerard Robinson, a DOE rebuttal, career academies & more
Gerard Robinson. The former Florida education commissioner, who stepped down three months ago, will be among the panelists next week responding...
Read More >Charter schools shortchanging disabled students? Not so fast, new report says
Charter school critics got a lot of mileage from a U.S. Government Accounting Office report last summer that found charter schools...
Read More >Florida roundup: ALEC, Common Core, teacher evaluations and more
ALEC to remain neutral on Common Core. Report from EdWeek. As we noted last week, Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence...
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