By Dirk Zuschlag As winter draws to a close, officially anyway, a lot of education policy is happening in the nation’s capital. Within the last week, all three federal branches got into the act: the Senate prepared to join the House in voting to “disapprove” key Obama Administration regulations under the Every Student Succeeds Act… Read More »
By Dirk Zuschlag When was the last time you heard anything about the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)? Have you ever? According to the headline of an Education Week article posted January 20, 2017, “Iconic School-Reform Group Ends 33-Year Run.” The article lead identifies the CES as “a progressively oriented school reform network” that “will… Read More »
By Dirk Zuschlag Citizens last week voted yes or no on scores of statewide proposals, including seventeen in California. The nine measures in seven states that concerned education policy fall into two distinct categories: proposals affecting education funding and proposals affecting education governance. Proposals Affecting Education Funding Six proposals sought new or enhanced sources of… Read More »
This week’s post is written by Dr. Michael R. Ford. Dr. Ford is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. His research interests include public and nonprofit school board governance, accountability, and education reform. Back in February I penned a blog post here discussing some recent research I completed… Read More »
By Nancy Duchesneau The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offers new opportunities for states to customize, innovate, and improve their assessment and accountability systems. One such option is the Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority, which gives states and districts a chance to try out a new generation of assessments. Inspired by New Hampshire’s Performance… Read More »
By Dirk Zuschlag How often does a state judge’s ruling in a decade-old case garner front-page coverage in the New York Times? How often is that followed by a Times news analysis, a follow-up article, and the posting of all 254 pages of opinion and appendices? An Unassuming Case with a Surprising Result On September… Read More »
By Amy Auletto The Education Policy Center at Michigan State University has released a working paper written by Mary L. Mason and Sarah Reckhow. The paper, titled Who Governs Now? Takeovers, Portfolios, and School District Governance, compares state involvement in two districts, Detroit and Memphis. This Green & Write post highlights key findings from the… Read More »
Joshua M. Cowen is an Associate Professor of Education Policy in the College of Education at Michigan State University. He studies school choice, teacher quality, and school accountability. By Joshua M. Cowen What are “Schools of Choice?” In Michigan, the technical answer to that question is that Schools of Choice (SoC) is actually a system… Read More »
Michael R. Ford is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh. His research interests include public and nonprofit school board governance, accountability, and education reform. By Michael R. Ford Do school boards matter? Matt Miller, in his infamous 2008 Atlantic Monthly article, implicitly argued yes, calling for their elimination on… Read More »
Note: It has been speculated that Detroit Public Schools may transition to a portfolio management school district model. What is a portfolio management district and what does the research say about the effectiveness of this type of model? Check out Green & Write all week for new posts on what we know and what we… Read More »
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