I just posted a bunch of entries on my blog (www.rosshunter.info) that are part of what needs to happen this year on the K-12 front. I broke it up so…
Education Agenda for 2010
Category: News
Local School Levies
School districts are allowed to raise local levies to fund things that are not “basic education.” The state limits the amount they can raise to a percentage of the total…
Race To The Top Funding
The Obama administration under Education Secretary Arne Duncan has made $4.35 billion available to districts that demonstrate they are making progress in four areas: Standards and Assessments Data Systems to…
Education Funding in 2010
This will be a difficult year for short-term funding of education in Washington, and in almost all of the other states. In 2009 we cut everything that moved in the…
Education Standards
As all of you who have children know, they will often live up to what you expect of them, as long as they believe the expectations are reasonable. My consistent…