History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Is administration moving the ball with innovation?
- 08-12-2010
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Expert blog/National Journal
Over the next couple of years, roughly a billion dollars will be spent on innovation in education through federal grants and private initiatives. A significant chunk of that money, $650 million, will be distributed to the 49 winners of the Investing In Innovation (i3) competition announced last week. Some education analysts -- Rick Hess, Tom Vander Ark, Alexander Russo and others -- posit that the competition, as evidenced by the winners, is really rewarding best practices and credibility, as opposed to innovative or transformational education practices. (more...)
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