K 12 Education

The US Department of Education’s second Education Stakeholders Forum, held August 4, 2009, provided detailed information regarding Race to the Top Fund, Investing in Innovation Fund, and Part II of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. Speakers included: * Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary of Education * Joanne Weiss, Director, Race to the Top * Jim Shelton, [...]

Secretary Arne Duncan, Assistant Secretary Carmel Martin, and Budget Director Tom Skelly spoke to education stakeholders about President Obamas proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for education. The budget signals a bold new direction for federal K-12 education policy with more competitive funding, more flexibility and a focus on the reforms likely to have the greatest [...]

To narrow the academic achievement gap in San Francisco public schools between people of color and the well heeled and well taken cared for – Marcus Bookstore and volunteer organization Public Allies joined forces on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to go out into San Francisco’s “at risk” neighborhoods to reach out and assist parents [...]

New firefighter learns the hard way that you can’t push start a K-12 saw.

This meeting focused on “Promoting Innovation and Reinventing the Federal Role,” and featured panelists Warren Simmons of The Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Stacey Childress of the Harvard Business School, and Susan Patrick of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.