State Board falters with regulations on virtual schools
A few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed a series of misguided regulations that restrict the Massachusetts Legislature’s recent law […]
A few weeks ago, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed a series of misguided regulations that restrict the Massachusetts Legislature’s recent law […]
Aug 13, 2010
Last week, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell D. Chester advised the State Board to build new restrictions into its […]
July 20, 2010
Transcript: Hi. I’m Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education of Innosight Institute. In the last few days, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to spend […]
July 6, 2010
President Obama’s FY2011 budget proposal zeroes out funding for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program, thereby eliminating the primary line item for federal Ed […]
June 16, 2010
Students on balance need more time for learning. Chester Finn’s recent piece in the Wall Street Journal lays out the basic case around this. Meanwhile, […]
May 13, 2010
On a typical evening from 1993 to 1994, I took the elevator to the VIP lounge atop the Sacramento Hyatt for happy hour with fellow […]
May 12, 2010
In Sunday’s New York Times, Trip Gabriel reports that the standardized test scores of charter schools are widely variable, with some schools soaring above traditional […]
May 5, 2010
I was in Tallahassee, Florida’s capital, last week on the day that Governor Charlie Crist vetoed what is known somewhat famously—or infamously—as Senate Bill 6. […]
Apr 23, 2010
Snow wreaked havoc across the east coast this past winter. In Washington, DC, for example, school buildings shut down repeatedly because of snow; there was […]
Mar 18, 2010
A proposed budget out of Washington State’s House and Ways Means Committee last week would have eliminated funding for the state’s Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) […]
Mar 4, 2010