by Jeff Bryant Education Opportunity Network  “There’s some evidence a revision to NCLB may be in the offing, which many folks believe is a good thing … In the rewriting of the NCLB law, it is the undesirables, to a great degree, rather than the ’empirical evidence,’ such that it is, or the desirables, thatRead More

Comments are invited on the Pell for Students who are Incarcerated experiment (also known as Second Chance Pell) in which the Department of Education will provide selected eligible postsecondary institutions with a waiver to the current statutory ban on incarcerated individuals, who are otherwise eligible, from receiving Federal Pell Grant funds to attend eligible postsecondaryRead More

from the Center for Law and Social Policy October 1 marks the start of federal Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16), as Congress passed a “Continuing Resolution” (CR) for the first 10 weeks of the fiscal year, acting at the last possible minute to keep the government running until mid-December. Yet this short-term action can’t be counted as anRead More

New Policy Brief from National Education Policy Center In a recently released policy brief, Jennnifer King Rice revisits Horace Mann’s vision of education as the balance wheel of society. She describes the current school system with its own inequities, far from the needed counter-balance to the opportunity gaps that arise from poverty, discrimination and otherRead More

A majority of postsecondary students are independent and many have spent time working or raising a family between high school and college. With these students in mind, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) has updated its policy priorities for reforming the Higher Education Act (HEA) to educate and prepare students for economic success,Read More

Back after summer recess, Congress is set to address several education issues, perhaps most important figuring out how to reconcile dueling bills passed by the House and Senate reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Read Lauren Camera’s Education Week run-down of education matters on the Congressional agenda for this fall.

Earlier this week, President Obama announced new efforts to expand apprenticeships and continue to build momentum nationwide to make community college free for responsible students, including: Grants to provide “earn and learn” training opportunities to 34,000 new apprentices: The Department of Labor is awarding $175 million in American Apprenticeship Grants to 46 public-private partnerships marryingRead More

Policymakers, advocates and community leaders across the country are working to close the opportunity gap that leaves many children behind. It is difficult to see new federal or state dollars in sight. Solutions though, require investment. Join the Forum for Youth Investment, Funding the Next Generation, National AfterSchool Association, National Association for the Education ofRead More

The Promise Zones initiative is a place-based approach in which several federal agencies work with community leaders in high poverty areas to help them access the resources and supports necessary to improve education, economic and public safety outcomes. There are currently 13 Promise Zone Designations. The federal government is now accepting public comments to informRead More

The Albert Shanker Institute and the American Federation of Teachers are sponsoring a September 9th forum on public education in New Orleans as part of a conversation series designed to engender lively and informative discussions on important educational issues. Ten Years After the Deluge: The State of Public Education in New Orleans Wednesday, Sep 09,Read More