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WASHINGTON, DC – In a stunning turn of events, the Obama Administration today reversed course on the issue of school choice and vouchers, detailing an ambitious plan to create national school choice options through a competitive grant program for states. “Unfortunately, I had not actually sat down and read the research on school choice and […] Read more »

(Originally posted to the National Journal‘s Education Experts blog.) Perhaps it’s not so unusual that the same person who fought to get a waiver from NCLB’s tutoring requirement is the same person who is pushing a fast track for making the bill’s requirements more flexible. When some of Arne Duncan’s Chicago schools were failing kids, […] Read more »

(Originally posted to the National Journal‘s Education Experts blog) The common theme running through many (too many) teacher evaluation proposals is time. We need time to create new evaluations. We need time to observe a teacher (after taking the time to build them up). We need time to create a plan based on our observations. […] Read more »

Providing families with real school choice opportunities is top priority for several state legislatures this year. Here’s where a few of them stand: Pennsylvania – SB1 (providing opportunity scholarships to kids trapped in the Keystone State’s lowest performing schools) flew out of the PA Senate Education Committee today on a bi-partisan 8-2 vote… Nevada – […] Read more »

Wasn’t 2010 supposed to be the Year of Education Reform? ‘Race to the Top’ was going to transform the education landscape, ‘No Child Left Behind’ was to get a facelift, school turnaround options were going to transform our lowest achieving public schools… How’d all that work out for everyone? – Maryland and Hawaii winning ‘Race […] Read more »

Dear Michelle, Welcome to the other side. We need your help. And we need new champions. Learning to tell the difference is an art, though, not a science. This is the place where – in order to make good calls that benefit reform – you have to distinguish incessantly between what someone says they believe […] Read more »

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s terrifically honest keynote address at this year’s Excellence in Action National Summit in Washington, DC: Read more »

(Ongoing updates throughout the day – as technology allows – after the jump…) 8:25AM- Good morning! Sorry for the delay… We’re back. Check out all the live coverage across our sites: Live blog updated throughout the day Twitter Ustream Channel for behind-the-scenes video Right here on Edspresso Read more »

(originally posted on Politico‘s The Arena blog) Unpopular positions? Tough love? The teachers unions want you to believe they are being punished by the president’s policies. It makes for great copy and provides cover for both the unions and the Education Department as they manipulate Capitol Hill for a second multi-billion dollar bailout. But the […] Read more »

There is no more dedicated charter school foe than Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia. For years, they have targeted Ivy Preparatory Academy, a unique all-girls school in Norcross educating more than 300 students. First they denied Ivy its charter. Then they fought the state board which overruled their rejection. Then they fought the constitutionality of […] Read more »