The best way for the feds to help schools? Get out of the way
If the federal government wants to make a lasting impact on American education, here’s how it can do it: Get out of the way of states and quit adding to the problem it helped create. Those closest to the children know what is in their best interests. In education, that hierarchy starts with a child’s parents or guardians and extends next to teachers and principals – way down the list are the bureaucrats and politicians in Washington, D.C.
Read More >Eva Moskowitz: Feds can urge the nation to think bigger, be bolder, move faster
by Eva S. Moskowitz Big. Bold. Fast. I constantly remind my team at Success Academy Charter Schools in New York...
Read More >Michael Horn: On digital learning, feds can support conditions for transformation
by Michael B. Horn With the rapid growth of online learning - both in full-time virtual learning environments and even...
Read More >Joe Williams: On ed reform, GOP should throw Tea Party under the (school) bus
by Joe Williams I spend a lot of my time navigating the tumultuous internal conflicts and ideological inconsistencies within my party,...
Read More >Checker Finn: Even with limited leverage, Uncle Sam can promote school choice
Mitt Romney’s plan to voucherize (though he doesn’t call it that) Title I and IDEA has considerable merit - but...
Read More >Margaret Spellings: Status quo benefits if feds don't push ed reform, school choice
Giving parents and families the opportunity to choose the very best education options available for their children is not only...
Read More >California's anemic test scores are another argument for more school choice
Editor’s note: For years, there have been concerns about discordant trend lines for students in many states – rising, according...
Read More >When teachers make home visits
by Kelly Garcia In early spring of my first year teaching at YES Prep West, a high-poverty charter school in...
Read More >A choice conversation on public education
From redefinED host Doug Tuthill: Today we begin a new feature at redefinED – an ongoing dialogue between myself (that's...
Read More >School choice gives single-gender education a chance to prove itself
by Kelly Garcia My all-boys classroom didn’t look like a Norman Rockwell. There were boys tapping pencils. Boys squeezing stress balls....
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