Today, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) released my third report on the education portions of the federal stimulus. This edition focused exclusively on the Race to the Top. (First two here and here.) I’m as hopeful about this program as … read more
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released the long-awaited final application for the “Investing in Innovation” fund, widely known as the “i3.” The program is the legislative partner of the Race to the Top, though much smaller at only … read more
In this article from the upcoming edition of Education Next, I wrote, “When state [Race to the Top] proposals hit Arne Duncan’s desk, the secretary [of education] must become the toughest schoolmarm in America.” Unfortunately, on Thursday we got the … read more
Over the past couple weeks, there have been signals that we might see a second stimulus package, this time aimed primarily if not wholly at the nation’s schools. First, there was evidence that states had already spent the preponderance of … read more
About a week ago, I pointed to a New York Times article and predicted that another education stimulus was probably on the way. This article from the AP makes me even more confident of that forecast. It reports on the … read more
