Frederick Hess offers a mixed reaction to the Trump administration’s approach to education. Be forewarned, you’ll need to look elsewhere for a blistering denunciation or an exercise in cheerleading. That’s…
Click HERE to see the video from ABC 7 in Washington, D.C. (Yes, Mr. “Shame” is holding a Black Lives Matter sign.)
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on criticism surrounding the U.S. education secretary nominee and donations to a group that promotes free speech on college campuses. Roy Cordato’s Daily…
The above statement comes from a Mathematica Policy Research assessment of Race to the Top (RTT), a federal grant program that awarded more than $4 billion dollars in grants to…
Diane Ravitch doesn’t like much of the education legislation proposed by members of the NC General Assembly. She doesn’t like it at all. In a recent blog post, she pleads,…
The following chart is from The White House’s Education Blueprint: An Economy Built to Last report (p. 14):
Minutes ago, Arne Duncan announced that North Carolina is a finalist for Race to the Top money, round 2. This time around, 35 states and D.C. applied for a piece…
Dan Lips of the Heritage Foundation sounds surprisingly upbeat about Arne Duncan, CEO of Chicago Public Schools and Obama nominee for Secretary of Education, resuming federal intrusion into public education.…
Barack Obama offered more details of his educational platform during a speech this morning at a high school in Ohio. A key theme was embracing innovation, including more charter schools…
But Joseph, while a lot of us in the room appreciate and share his support for parental choice in education, I didn’t get to ask him the relevant question: What,…
Yesterday I attended President Bush?s visit at Waldo C. Falkener Elementary School in Greensboro. The excitement of a seated President in the building filled the air. Dr. Terry Grier and…
eSchool News Online reports that George Bush wants to cut $3.2 billion from the education budget. The cuts would target programs that are no longer of any use, either because…