DFER News Roundup
DFER Seen & Heard:
- In POLITICO’s Morning Education, DFER’s Charles Barone predicted how the debate over the Common Core will look in 2014.
- DFER-TN’s Natasha Kamrani earns a nod in a Nashville Scene piece on the education landscape in Tennessee.
Advocacy, Policy Briefs & Such:
- Statement | DFER statement marks the twelfth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act.
DFER Blog:
- DFER Policy Director Charles Barone and Policy Analyst MacLeBuhn, on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s recent remarks at the Brookings Institution: “If Cantor wants a genuine discussion on school choice, Democrats should consider themselves more than up to the challenge.”
- DFER-AZ’s Christina Martinez calls a proposal to divert funds from early childhood education program First Things First to pay for CPS a “zero sum game.”
- Barone wrote about being part of the legislative process for the original No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) legislation.
- “How pivotal is desegregation to education reform?” asks DFER Policy Analyst Mina White.
- DFER-WA’s Tania de Sa Campos: “As Washington’s charter school authorizers continue the application review process to determine which public charter schools will be approved this year, they are offering a prime opportunity for Washingtonians to voice their opinions on those that applied in a series of public forums.”
- DFER-CO’s Jen Walmer rallied Coloradans in support of the Common Core State Standards.
In Related News:
- EdWeek released its annual Quality Counts report on January 9.
- The Washington Post’s Matt Miller: “Only America thinks it can take hundreds of thousands of mediocre students each year and turn them into excellent teachers.”
- National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar writes that, as politicians are invoking the issue of income inequality for political gain, “they’re avoiding one prescription that has proven to be a time-tested path to economic mobility—increasing access to quality education.”
- “Showdown brews as Congress turns focus to K-12 spending,” writes EdWeek’s Alyson Klein.
Fun With Infographics & More:
- Infographic | Happy 12th Birthday, NCLB!