Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 10. May 2013 04:28
In a May 3, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the start of the competition for the Scale-up and Validation categories of the Investing in Innovation (i3) program; competition for the Development category was launched on March 27th. The program is intended to support the development and expansion of promising strategies to accelerate student achievement and help close achievement gaps. [More]
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Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 5. April 2013 06:36
In March, the 2013 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? was released online. The report explores trends in U.S. scores on international tests, the resurgence of classroom instruction using student groupings, and the growth of eighth grade enrollment in advanced math. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 8. March 2013 05:16
PHOENIX, AZ, March, 2013 – The Arizona Department of Education has awarded a multi-year contract to PCG Education to implement an online student assessment system. PCG’s EdPlan™ Instructional Management System will allow educators to create formative assessments for all students on new Common Core State Standards. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 8. March 2013 05:04
As of March 2013, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has granted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers to 34 states and the District of Columbia. In exchange for the waiver, each recipient had to agree to, among other things, develop and implement a teacher and principal evaluation and support system that includes student academic growth as a factor. In a March 6 article, Education Week reported that of the 35 waiver recipients, only 12 have obtained ED’s approval of their teacher and principal evaluation systems. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 8. March 2013 05:02
In a March 7, 2013 statement posted on the U.S. Department of Education’s official blog, Secretary Arne Duncan urged Congress to undo the sequestration budget cuts to education programs. He stated that school districts that are more dependent on federal funds because they are located in areas with little to no local property tax base will be among the worst harmed by the federal budget cuts. [More]
Author: Ryan Paiva | Posted: 5. March 2013 04:34
CHARLOTTE, NC, March, 2013 – The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) has officially awarded 2 components of its Instructional Improvement System (IIS) contract to PCG Education: the Education Evaluation (EE) and Professional Development (PD) components. As part of this five-year agreement, PCG will partner with Truenorthlogic to integrate its EE/PD platform within the state’s IIS solution. PCG will also provide statewide training for 115 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) through a train-the-trainer model. NC DPI’s IIS project is funded through the federal Race to the Top program. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 1. March 2013 06:07
In a February 26, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Education’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the settlement of complaints that a large Florida school district discriminated against students in its enrollment and discipline processes based on limited English proficiency and parents’ national origin or immigration status. After the investigation of the complaints, the school district and DOJ entered into a settlement agreement whereby the district agreed to enroll students regardless of background and to provide translation and interpretative services throughout the registration process. [More]
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Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 15. February 2013 10:55
On February 14, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published in the Federal Register its final rule to amend the frequency requirement for obtaining parental consent to bill Medicaid (FR Vol. 78, No.31, pages 10525-10538). Under the regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a local education agency (LEA) must, with limited exceptions, obtain parental consent prior to disclosing personally identifiable information maintained in a student’s education records, including information necessary for the LEA to bill Medicaid for services provided to the student. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 30. January 2013 09:36
In a January 24, 2013 news release, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reported that a new poll shows that more Americans support, rather than oppose, Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to the poll, 52 percent of Americans believe that their states should expand Medicaid; 42 percent do not believe their states should expand Medicaid. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 25. January 2013 10:48
On January 22, 2013, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) published a report showing increasing high school graduation rates and declining dropout rates nationwide. According to the report, high school graduation rates were at their highest level since 1974. [More]
