New focus on equity in states’ funding - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Through incentive grants and tougher regulations, the federal Department of Education is considering a more muscular approach to pushing states to make funding more equitable for poor and minority children. For now, it will wait on recommendations of ...
Steinberg’s SB 547 broadens accountability beyond obsession with API - by Fred Jones I have a good friend who taught at a high school, while his wife taught first graders. He provided an important observation by explaining that his wife’s elementary grade students would do anything to please Mrs. Smith, whereas Mr. Smith had to figure ...