Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Eduwonk notes sadly that fishing season is about over in the mid-Atlantic region but nonetheless, here’s a little bait and switch for you. Education spending has increased dramatically during the past few years. On the campaign trail President Bush liked to point out that spending for No Child Left Behind related programs was up about …
It’s starting to look like this prediction was a little-off… But the post-election analysis still mostly stands though the convincing margin of Bush’s win will, at least initially, temper some of the partisanship. However, Bush’s victory does mean that the conflation of politics, anti-Bush feeling, and education policy will continue. Bush himself certainly deserves some …
Representative George Miller (D-CA) the ranking Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee is calling for an investigation of Department of Education grants to Bill Bennett’s K-12 company and to ABCTE. On the former, who knows, but it sure seems fishy. On the latter, likely a dry well. ABCTE is producing good work and …
This (two words Game 6) is all that matters today, but apparently there is news elsewhere, anyway. MO’s Sager (who as a New York journo is in a position to know such things) says that the New York Times is working on another hit piece on charter schools. Apparently it’s about ideology. Hopefully they will …
This item from last Thursday has occasioned emails from readers wondering what the big news is/was. Sorry! Other things came up and it slipped. The news is this $300K Bill Gates contribution to the campaign in Washington State fighting to preserve that state’s charter school law which the teachers’ union there is trying to take …
Couple of thoughts on the Bush speech last night as it relates to education. First, the effort to enroll more eligible kids in health care is great. Why didn’t Clinton think of that? Oh wait, he did! Considering the Bush track record on implementation, Eduwonk’s not optimistic about this effort getting far with this crowd. …
A big thanks to Richard Colvin and Sara Mead for their great contributions this past two weeks. Eduwonk is back so we’re returning to regular (or irregular as the case may be) order. One vacation related note: Local press coverage of No Child Left Behind in Alaska was interesting to read. The achievement gap as …
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Eduwonk and the Eduwife are off to Alaska for a couple of weeks of sightseeing, fishing, hiking, and blessedly little internet access. The Edupooch will be off pursuing her myriad interests and hobbies. But, don’t despair, Eduwonk’s leaving you in good hands. Richard Colvin, director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media and …
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Kaus gives voice (and summons Ron Brownstein) to the increasingly high-decibel rumor floating around about the Kennedy NCLB corrections bill that George Miller wants no part of. The retroactivity bill is a good idea, but — policy merits aside — this next step seems very ill-considered because (a) The Republicans will never let it see …
Must read Karin Chenoweth column on reading instruction in The Washington Post. New Mathematica study on free/reduced price school lunch eligibility. The punchline? Fraud not rampant. Incidentally, program integrity obviously matters but generally in practice, when in doubt, school officials give a poor kid a free lunch (often the best meal they see all day). …