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Open Education Resources: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble
While tremendously valuable, OER is often lost in the larger education conversation.
What’s the Secret Sauce for an Effective Head Start Program?
A recent report uncovers specific factors that might explain many of the disparities between Head Start programs across the country.
Financing Dual Language Learning: Here’s How it Works
The federal government, although it pitches in only $723 million, has taken on a growing role in educating DLLs through Title III.
Raising the Cap: F.C.C. to Increase Broadband Funding in Schools
While the two may have clashed last week, President Obama and FCC Chairman Wheeler found common ground on E-rate reform.
Worthy Work, Still Unlivable Wages
What’s changed? When it comes to earnings for child care teachers, there has been little improvement.
CCDBG Reauthorization Bill to Be Law of the Land
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a reauthorization bill for the Child Care & Development Block Grant, sending it to the president.
Improving Teacher Preparation Requires Less Tinkering, More Transformation
Alternative programs like these currently prepare (or will prepare) a tiny fraction of teachers nationally.
Federal Education Policy Is Mostly Impervious to the Midterm “Wave”
Wave or not, the midterms aren't likely to mean much for federal education policy.
How 2-Gen Strategies May Help Break the Cycle of Poverty
Research has documented the impact of a parent's education, economic stability, and overall health on a child's trajectory.
Federal Policy Can Help Avoid Tragedies of Unlicensed Child Care
The dirty underbelly of child care can mean the worst possible outcome: the injury or death of a child.
What the Midterms Mean for Early Childhood Education
The 2014 midterm election results are in. So what might unified Republican control of both chambers mean for early childhood education?
Putin, Publishing, and Profits: Why Russian, U.S. Textbook Industries Have Little in Common
The dramatic changes in Russia’s textbook industry should not be used or confused as an allegory for the United States.
Putting Seattle’s Pre-K Ballot Initiatives in Context
Seattle voters are deciding on several pre-K measures on election day. How do their options compare to other cities'?
Teach For America, Public Relations, and the Haunting Specter of Education Conspiracies
Is there any evidence that Teach For America has insider influence at the Department of Education when it comes to protecting the organizati