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Category Archives: Education
House Passes Pay-for-Success Amendment to K-12 Education Bill
By voice vote, the House tonight passed an amendment authorizing the use of pay-for-success models for teacher and principal training programs. The amendment was approved as part of a larger bill (H.R. 5) that would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Social Impact Bonds / Pay for Success
i3’s Fate Tied to NCLB Reauthorization
With legislation reauthorizing the principal federal K-12 education law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), now moving in the House and expected to move soon in the Senate, what will be the fate of the Obama administration’s signature evidence-based education initiative, … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Education Data Privacy in the States: 2014 Update
The Data Quality Campaign has just released a report (and associated blog post) on the status of state efforts to address education data privacy. Since most states have part-time legislatures whose legislative sessions are over by now, the report provides … Continue reading
Presidential Task Force on Men and Boys of Color Releases Report Focused on Evidence and Results
On May 28, a White House task force charged with reviewing existing federal initiatives affecting men and boys of color released an initial, 90-day report detailing recommendations that are heavily focused on evidence and data. President Obama created the task … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families, Collective Impact, Education
GAO: Promise Neighborhoods Needs Evaluation Plan, Should Inventory Related Programs and Funding
Promise Neighborhoods, an Obama administration initiative loosely modeled on the Harlem Children’s Zone and other place-based initiatives, lacks an appropriate plan for measuring its results, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). In its report, … Continue reading
Posted in Collective Impact, Education
Education Department Announces Latest Round of Investing in Innovation Grants
On April 24, the U.S. Department of Education announced the availability of $135 million in total grants to be made to nonprofits and other eligible organizations under the administration’s Investing in Innovation (i3) program. Under the program, grants are made … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Gates-funded Education Data Warehouse, inBloom, to Close
On April 21, inBloom, a nonprofit education data warehouse launched with the financial backing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced that it would close. The announcement came after a number of its state-level clients, swamped with protests over … Continue reading