Yazan: admin | 01 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: ARRA, Assessment, School Improvement
41 states submitted applications for the Race to the Top program. Wiithin a matter of weeks the winners will be announced. The Race to the Top agenda is ambitious and includes many strategies to accelerate school improvement. Working with a team of experts, including professionals with content area expertise in math, reading, and writing, the Center [...]
Yazan: admin | 27 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: ARRA, Educational Innovations, Race to the Top, School Improvement
Obama’s State of the Union speech is tonight. Reflecting on the past year, I find it has been a year of recovery. States, individuals, businesses, and organizations have been dramatically impacted by the economy. What has happened in the U.S. has had resounding ripple effects around the world and fortunately for some, some countries are in better [...]
Yazan: admin | 21 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: ARRA, Assessment, Race to the Top, School Improvement
After being out of the States for 4 months, I have returned to find that Race to the Top is one of the Obama administration’s catalysts for significant education reform. During the past week I attended 3 Race to the Top Assessment hearings, all held in DC. Here are comments I submitted:
January 19, 2009
Office of [...]