Making Education News: July 1, 2014

1. The Obama administration has started requiring poorly-performing Head Start providers to compete against other local providers–and win–in order to keep their grants for the next five years. 2. The bi-partisan Success and Opportunity through Quality...

It’s an Education Fact: 10/2/2013

1. Obama has changed the PLUS loan program to help thousands of families qualify for college financial aid. Those denied PLUS loans are eligible for an extra $4,000 that carry lower interest rates. 2. The House bill to revise ESEA (aka NCLB) now promotes...

Making Education News: 8/15/2013

1.  Next up: The Next Generation Science Standards said to be designed with the most- and least-advanced science students in mind. 2. The government is now allowing states that received their No Child Left Behind waivers by last summer to apply for a delay in using...

Making Education News: 4/19/2013

Obama’s NCLB waivers, while relieving its accountability requirements still mandate high-stakes testing, thus raising test scores into an end unto themselves. Although only Nebraska, Vermont, and Montana have yet to request or been granted NCLB waivers, only 12...

“Government failure is hardly new, though President Obama has given it a characteristic new twist: A program’s proven inability to do the things it is supposed to do is now an argument for expanding it. In our new progressive era, no program can ever end...