Perkins Act Given Another 6 Years of Life
August 20, 2018Source: Campus Technology
After six years of kicking around the official language for an updated Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education bill, Congress and the president have voted and signed the act into law.
STEM Starts Earlier Than You Think
July 24, 2018Source: Forbes
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise, who now leads the Alliance for Excellent Education, reflected that early childhood is a “critical developmental period,” but learning doesn’t end there.
“The Great Edtech Communicator”
July 24, 2018Source: EdTech Digest
Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, a project of All4Ed, was recently named “2018 EdTech Leader of the Year” by EdTech Digest.
How Does Funding for ESSA’s Testing Requirements Work?
July 23, 2018Source: Education Week
Education Week’s Politics K-12 regularly answers questions on different aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). In response to a question about how the funding for ESSA’s testing...
Lubbock School Districts Perform Above National Graduation Rate Average
June 30, 2018Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, meeting the GradNation goal of a 90 percent high school graduation rate could create more than 65,000 new jobs and boost the gross domestic product...
ISTE 2018 Provides Megaphone for Edtech Groups
June 28, 2018Source: edscoop
Future Ready Schools, a coalition of numerous organizations led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), announced a new initiative, Future Ready Technology Leaders, to empower school and...
Report: Adolescent Learning Requires a New Science-Based Approach
June 21, 2018Source: THE Journal
There’s a science to adolescent learning, which addresses how the many changes — physical, emotional, social, intellectual and psychological — teenagers experience impact how they learn and...
States Are Failing to ‘Put Students’ Civil Rights First’ in ESSA Plans, Advocates Say
June 19, 2018Source: Education Week
States are flouting the Every Student Succeeds Act’s protections for vulnerable groups of children, and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos letting them get away with it, leading civil...
Civil Rights Groups to Congress: Betsy DeVos is Approving Plans That Violate ESSA
April 10, 2018Source: Education Week
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is approving plans that fly in the face of the Every Student Succeeds Act’s protections for vulnerable children, according to more than a dozen civil...
Release of Overdue Federal Report on ‘Homework Gap’ Validates Stakeholder Concerns
April 06, 2018Source: edscoop
Nine months past deadline, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) — the research, development and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education — has released its report on digital...