History of IDEA
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Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Why Pedro Noguera will be marching to save our schools July 30th
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Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week (Interview)
You have expressed some frustrations with Department of Education's policies. Where has the Department gone wrong? Under the current administration, the US Dept of Education has essentially continued with the policies initiated by the Bush administration. There have been important exceptions: the administration should be given credit for adopting core standards which provide greater clarity to schools with respect to curriculum content and the knowledge students should acquire. I also think the administration should be praised for directing stimulus money to reform in public education at a time when schools have been hit hard by budget cuts. The Promise Neighborhood program, the I3 grants, the administration's efforts to reduce the burden of college loans on students, are all very significant. Perhaps the most important thing the administration has done is to expand health coverage. This will have a positive effect on poor children when it goes into effect in 2014. (more...)
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