Center on Education Policy

Joy Resmovits

Policy Leaders: National Security, Prosperity At Risk By Way Of Current School System

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: A Nation at Risk, Video, Arne Duncan, Ronald Reagan, Condoleezza Rice, Western Michigan University College of Education, No Child Left Behind, Joel Klein, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Edepartment of Education, Education Reform, Center on Education Policy, News Corporation, Ed-Lection 2012, Education News

Thirty years ago, a Reagan administration report warned of "a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people." The ...

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Feds Have Harsh Criticism, Disappointing Reviews For States' Education

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: No Child Left Behind Waiver Reviews, No Child Left Behind, Student Performance, Arne Duncan, Poor Students, Center on Education Policy, Jack Jenings, Pedro Noguera, Education Laws, Obama Education Policy, Tennessee Schools, Barack Obama, Kentucky Schools, Education Policy, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, New Mexico Schools, u.s. Department of Education, No Child Left Behind Waivers, New Mexico Public Education Department, State Accountability, Education News

MIAMI — In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly ev...

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Coal for Christmas

Jack Jennings | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Urban Schools, Teachers, Center on Education Policy, Education Spending, Class Size, Teacher Layoffs, TUDA, No Child Left Behind, Urban Schools Testing, Urban School Test Scores, Education Funding, Education News
Jack Jennings

With class sizes increasing due to teacher layoffs, and the dismissal of reading specialists, it is not far-fetched to say that learning is being jeopardized by less money being spent on education.

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States Backtracked On Reform Commitments, Face Threats To Federal Funds

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 01.10.2012

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MIAMI -- Several states that won a slice of the U.S. Department of Education's $4.3 billion Race to the Top competition have had to delay plans to imp...

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Half Of All U.S. Public Schools Are Failing

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.14.2012

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ATLANTA — Nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since th...

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The Recession Created A 'Triple Tragedy' In Education

AP | By JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 11.24.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Stay-at-home-mom Cindy DePace was just hitting 30 when she decided to return to the work force by going back to school and becoming ...

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School: It's Way More Boring Than When You Were There

Salon | Daniel Denvir | Posted 11.15.2011

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New studies show that the disappearance of art, music and even recess is having a devastating effect on kids Forty-nine million or so American chil...

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Joy Resmovits

Reforming No Child Left Behind -- With Or Without Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Education News, Montana, Arne Duncan, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Denise Juneau, Tom Harkin, States Rights, Obama Administration, Congressioal Failure, John Kline, Center on Education Policy, Idaho, Waivers, No Child Left Behind Overhaul, Barack Obama, Cecilia Rouse, Education, 112th Congress, Tom Luna, Education Reform, Regulatory Relief, Education News

As students head back to school, the Obama administration is using executive power in an unprecedented move to circumvent a congressional standstill o...

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Joy Resmovits

States Seek Waivers In Light Of More Schools Deemed 'Failing' Under NCLB

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.04.2011

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Despite a rise in test scores, 84 percent of Missouri's schools failed to make "adequate yearly progress," according to a report released by the state...

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School Vouchers: No Clear Advantage in Academic Achievement

Jack Jennings | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Florida, Academic Achievement, Equity, Private Schools, Milwaukee-Wisconsin, Washington DC, Cleveland-Ohio, Center on Education Policy, Tuition Vouchers, Low-Income Students, School Vouchers, Education News
Jack Jennings

If vouchers don't lead to higher achievement for low-income students -- and test scores suggest they do not -- then that removes a major educational rationale for voucher programs.

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Turning Around the Lowest Performing Schools: A Noble Goal and a Daunting Challenge

Jack Jennings | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Miami Florida, Miami Central High School, NCLB., Turn Around School, Lowest Performing Schools, School Improvement Grants, Cep, Obama, Center on Education Policy, Turning Around the Lowest Performing Schools: A Noble Goal and a Daunting Challenge, Education News
Jack Jennings

Low performing schools received federal grants, often $1 million over three years, expecting them to be "turned around." Even with that much money, improving these schools will be a tall order.

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Boys Lag Behind Girls In Reading In Every State

Baltimore Sun | Liz Bowle | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CEP looked at how boys and girls score on state reading and math tests around the nation. The Washington-based nonprofit found that boys trail gir...

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