Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
There have been some Southern success stories, though we’re still figuring out what drove them.
This new section at Chalkbeat, led by Matt Barnum, will focus on explaining, examining, and elevating ideas about the policy, politics, and practice of American education.
The idea has divided the charter movement. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case.
While students who attend only a KIPP middle school don’t seem to benefit, those who attend KIPP for both middle and high school experienced large gains.
Education issues are often national, progress in schools is possible, history matters, research doesn’t have all the answers, and parents view schools differently than pundits.
The shift in approach from Zuckerberg’s philanthropy marks something of a coda to an era when various advocates and funders believed that computer-based ‘personalized learning’ could dramatically improve education.
“I would love us to try to agree on some goals,” said Arne Ducan at a forum on Tuesday. “I don’t have a lot of optimism that it’s going to come at the national level.”
Experts aren’t sure why recovery has been more consistent in math.
Here’s what we know: high-poverty schools face a bigger cliff, that more federal money won’t be forthcoming, and that school budgets will be shaped both by districts’ own financial decisions and those made by state politicians.