Measuring What Matters in Quality Rating & Improvement Systems
For more than the past decade, states have worked to build quality rating and improvement systems.
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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?
Do the Math: Christel House’s Grade Doesn’t Add Up
Turns out we’ve all been "Clueless" when it comes to Indiana’s A-F school grades.
An Alternative to E-Rate 2.0: Another FCC Commissioner’s Vision for Restructuring the Schools and Libraries Program
The FCC is gearing up for a monumental task: revamping the E-Rate program.
E-Rate Reform: What’s On the Menu?
For many schools around the country, Internet connectivity has not yet reached classrooms.