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The Challenging Task of Measuring Early Childhood Performance in DC
The framework is intended to be a common accountability tool that will be used to evaluate public charter schools.
The Way We Talk: Choice
The fourth in a series of posts reflecting on terminology pervading today’s polarizing debates about American education.
Measuring What Matters in Quality Rating & Improvement Systems
For more than the past decade, states have worked to build quality rating and improvement systems.
New Grants Focus on Inter-State Collaboration for Kindergarten Entry Assessments
While the EAG program was originally supposed to distribute just $9 million in grants, the Dept ultimately judged all applicants worthy.
New School District-Level Pre-K Data Reflect Drop in State Spending
E-rate Modernization: Promoting Connectivity for 21st Century Learning Environments
Our recommendations underscore a more modern understanding of connectivity.
Senate Passes Childcare Legislation
The HELP committee easily passed a bipartisan bill to renew CCDBG, though it's still far from passage.
New Report Highlights Top Teachers’ Views on Education Policy
Good teaching is hard to define, even for the profession’s most successful and reflective members.
Storify: Senate Passes Child Care Bill with Bipartisan Support
Early Educational Data Comments to U.S. Department of Ed
Early education data are in a state of chaos.
New Report Shines Spotlight on Negative Effects of Pre-K Absenteeism
One out of every 10 children nationally is chronically absent in the first two years of school.
Aligning Investments in Parenting With Investments in Early Education
Alignment is critical in early education policy.
Plausibility, Politics, and Process: What We Can Learn from Indiana and Tony Bennett
Analysis of a new report commissioned by the Indiana state legislature.
The Way We Talk: Accountability
How do buzzwords affect the way we act?