21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."

"What happens to students during the middle school years?"

We are committed to changing
our programs so that our students can move on from their K-12 education confident that they are
well prepared to prosper in post-secondary education, on the job, and in life.

An education study suggests U.S. parents could use some math homework help.

250 parents in Compton, CA are using a new state law to force the failing school to be taken over by a charter school operator, the first such move in the country.

I know people say I wasn’t good enough at building consensus, but I don’t think consensus can be the goal.

The typical teacher is both hard-working and effective. But if we could replace the bottom 5%-10% of teachers with an average teacher — not a superstar — we could dramatically improve student achievement. The U.S. could move from below average in international comparisons to near the top.

Raising educational performance standards is a necessary goal, but in some instances it has created unintended consequences. The flip side to high standards is having expectations that are unrealistic.

Their approach will soon spread across the country as part of a $2.25 million agreement with Pearson, the world’s largest education publisher, to develop and market a new elementary school curriculum.

For the first time statewide, student performance will become part of teachers’ evaluations.

Those who didn’t make it through college or who never even made it to campus, have seen dismal prospects go from bad to awful.