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...
How High School Diploma Requirements Fall Short of College Admission Standards
April 02, 2018Source: Education Week
Most state high school graduation requirements are so poorly designed that they trap students in a “preparation gap,” where they don’t qualify for admission to public universities,...
Oklahoma Walkouts May Just Be ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ for Teacher Protests
April 02, 2018Source: WJLA
Oklahoma public school teachers participated in a statewide walkout, with tens of thousands gathering at the state capitol to urge legislators to increase education funding and salaries. In Kentucky,...
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
March 15, 2018Source: Politico Morning Education
The Alliance for Excellent Education named Roberto J. Rodríguez and Leslie Cornfeld to its governing board. Rodríguez is the president and CEO of Teach Plus and previously served as deputy...
Harrison D-2 One of 12 Districts Nationwide to Pilot a ‘Digital Equity’ Program
March 13, 2018Source: The Gazette
Harrison School District in Colorado Springs was selected to participate in All4Ed’s new Future Ready Schools Digital Equity Program, focused on districts that enroll high percentages of...