/race-to-the-top Race to the Top en-US 2021 (c) °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:01:29 GMT /leadership/households-with-kids-see-continued-educational-hurdles-as-pandemic-drags-on/2021/09 Interactions with teachers, ed-tech access, and postsecondary plans remain sources of stress, monthly U.S. Census Bureau data shows. Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:01:29 GMT /leadership/households-with-kids-see-continued-educational-hurdles-as-pandemic-drags-on/2021/09 /teaching-learning/some-employers-are-turning-disabilities-into-strengths-schools-can-latch-onto-that/2021/07 The benefits of neurodiversity have gained traction in business, but college and career support for students with disabilities falls short. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 20:26:33 GMT /teaching-learning/some-employers-are-turning-disabilities-into-strengths-schools-can-latch-onto-that/2021/07 /teaching-learning/fewer-students-in-class-of-2020-went-straight-to-college/2021/04 First-year college enrollment dropped steeply last year, a study finds, and the declines were sharpest among poorer students. Tue, 06 Apr 2021 21:29:05 GMT /teaching-learning/fewer-students-in-class-of-2020-went-straight-to-college/2021/04 /policy-politics/u-s-supreme-court-is-asked-to-take-up-harvards-consideration-of-race-in-admissions/2021/02 Lower courts rejected claims by Students for Fair Admissions that the Harvard policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:25:49 GMT /policy-politics/u-s-supreme-court-is-asked-to-take-up-harvards-consideration-of-race-in-admissions/2021/02 /policy-politics/betsy-devos-my-covid-19-competitive-grants-arent-like-race-to-the-top-at-all/2020/05 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos tells EdWeek opinion blogger Rick Hess her new competitive grants are "not even a little bit" like the Obama administration's Race to the Top program. Let's examine that claim. Thu, 14 May 2020 20:27:16 GMT /policy-politics/betsy-devos-my-covid-19-competitive-grants-arent-like-race-to-the-top-at-all/2020/05 /teaching-learning/california-state-university-wants-to-raise-admissions-standards-will-it-shut-out-black-and-latino-students/2019/11 The nation’s largest public university is pushing to raise minimum standards for freshman admissions—a move that has galvanized opposition from advocates and some districts that argue it puts more roadblocks in the path of students who already struggle to meet current requirements. Wed, 20 Nov 2019 03:42:40 GMT /teaching-learning/california-state-university-wants-to-raise-admissions-standards-will-it-shut-out-black-and-latino-students/2019/11 /teaching-learning/does-higher-ed-really-pay-off-new-gates-funded-commission-aims-to-find-out/2019/05 As the cost of college rises and students go deeper into debt, families are increasingly asking whether higher education is worth the cost. A new commission is tasked with helping to answer that question. Thu, 16 May 2019 04:22:09 GMT /teaching-learning/does-higher-ed-really-pay-off-new-gates-funded-commission-aims-to-find-out/2019/05 /policy-politics/early-childhood/2019/05 Early-childhood-education programs increasingly use quality rating systems, but it's not clear how much the ratings are helping them to improve, finds an evaluation by the research firm Mathematica. Tue, 07 May 2019 23:10:27 GMT /policy-politics/early-childhood/2019/05 /teaching-learning/4-things-you-need-to-know-about-free-college-proposals/2019/05 "Free college" proposals are multiplying like rabbits as Democratic presidential candidates jump on board with the idea. But these plans vary widely. And most don't make college "free." Wed, 01 May 2019 19:35:58 GMT /teaching-learning/4-things-you-need-to-know-about-free-college-proposals/2019/05 /teaching-learning/140-plus-college-admissions-deans-pledge-to-prioritize-service-ethical-character/2019/03 Deans of admission at more than 140 colleges and universities pledged to abide by principles designed to reduce "excessive achievement pressure" in admissions and promote ethical character among parents and students. Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:45:51 GMT /teaching-learning/140-plus-college-admissions-deans-pledge-to-prioritize-service-ethical-character/2019/03 /teaching-learning/national-college-fraud-scheme-highlights-flaws-in-admissions-process/2019/03 Federal prosecutors charged 33 parents, along with two SAT/ACT administrators, an exam proctor, nine coaches and three organizers with involvement in a college admissions fraud scheme on Tuesday. Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:25:32 GMT /teaching-learning/national-college-fraud-scheme-highlights-flaws-in-admissions-process/2019/03 /teaching-learning/selective-colleges-report-gains-enrolling-more-low-income-students/2018/12 A group of elite colleges and universities reports modest progress in enrolling more lower-income students. Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:45:35 GMT /teaching-learning/selective-colleges-report-gains-enrolling-more-low-income-students/2018/12 /teaching-learning/guaranteed-admission-helps-high-achieving-low-income-students-make-good-college-match/2018/12 Guaranteeing college admission to highly qualified students can have a big influence on whether low-income students pick an appropriately challenging college, a new study finds. Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:02:04 GMT /teaching-learning/guaranteed-admission-helps-high-achieving-low-income-students-make-good-college-match/2018/12 /teaching-learning/college-advising-is-in-short-supply-in-u-s-high-schools-study-finds/2018/11 Only a third of the country's public high schools have a counselor devoted to helping students get prepared for college, and the problem is even worse in high-poverty schools. Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:20:25 GMT /teaching-learning/college-advising-is-in-short-supply-in-u-s-high-schools-study-finds/2018/11 /teaching-learning/importance-of-sat-act-scores-dwindling-in-college-admissions/2018/11 A new survey shows that colleges are responding to the call to make SAT or ACT scores optional when students apply for admission. Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:13:34 GMT /teaching-learning/importance-of-sat-act-scores-dwindling-in-college-admissions/2018/11 /teaching-learning/high-school-students-getting-more-interested-in-activism-counselors-report/2018/11 Counselors at half of the nation's high schools say students are getting more interested in political activism. More than a third of college admissions officers say they're seeing more students write essays about political activism. Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:34:44 GMT /teaching-learning/high-school-students-getting-more-interested-in-activism-counselors-report/2018/11 /teaching-learning/a-math-remediation-effort-boosted-students-college-credits-but-did-learning-improve/2018/10 Tennessee offers college remediation in 12th grade, and it pays off with boosting students' enrollment rates in credit-bearing classes. The catch? Students didn't appear to be any stronger in math than their peers. Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:01:00 GMT /teaching-learning/a-math-remediation-effort-boosted-students-college-credits-but-did-learning-improve/2018/10 /teaching-learning/does-your-school-post-its-profile-online-and-why-that-matters-for-college-admission/2018/10 Students at high schools with large low-income populations could be at a disadvantage when applying to college because of a little-known document that's part of the process: each high school's "school profile." Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:15:49 GMT /teaching-learning/does-your-school-post-its-profile-online-and-why-that-matters-for-college-admission/2018/10 /teaching-learning/high-school-counselors-think-colleges-should-drop-sat-act-requirements/2018/09 A pair of new surveys shows deep skepticism about the value of college-admissions exams among high school counselors and college-admissions leaders. Both groups also worry about too much pressure to take AP courses, and lack of equal access to those classes. Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:20:25 GMT /teaching-learning/high-school-counselors-think-colleges-should-drop-sat-act-requirements/2018/09 /policy-politics/opinion-teacher-evaluation-is-stuck-in-the-past/2018/05 Race to the Top is over, but the initiative is still driving teacher-evaluation policies and priorities, write two professors. Wed, 16 May 2018 01:15:54 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-teacher-evaluation-is-stuck-in-the-past/2018/05 /policy-politics/ed-sec-bus-tour-from-early-education-through-college/2016/09 U.S. Secretary of Education John King kicked off a bus tour Monday that will go through six states and eleven cities and towns, ending in New Orleans on Friday at a charter school that has seen a significant turnaround. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 22:12:56 GMT /policy-politics/ed-sec-bus-tour-from-early-education-through-college/2016/09 /policy-politics/free-teaching-website-expands-on-engagenys-mission/2016/05 The new nonprofit, known as UnboundEd, is offering teachers free common-core-aligned curricular materials and paid professional development. Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:54:26 GMT /policy-politics/free-teaching-website-expands-on-engagenys-mission/2016/05 /policy-politics/opinion-policies-not-administrators-to-blame-for-teacher-evaluation-system/2016/05 To the Editor:Charlotte Danielson's Commentary included many good ideas about teacher development ("It's Time to Rethink Teacher Evaluation"). Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:45:11 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-policies-not-administrators-to-blame-for-teacher-evaluation-system/2016/05 /policy-politics/race-to-top-grants-spur-mixed-successes-for-seven-states/2016/05 With the crush of news about the Every Student Succeeds Act, Race to the Top may not be as high-profile as it once was—but states can learn from the competitive-grant program, according to a new U.S. Department of Education report. Tue, 31 May 2016 23:00:16 GMT /policy-politics/race-to-top-grants-spur-mixed-successes-for-seven-states/2016/05 /leadership/opinion-another-brick-in-the-data-wall/2016/05 We used to believe, as public educators, that our product was our students--their eventual contribution as advanced scholars, civic-minded community members, and part of the labor force. All of that has changed. Our product now is publicly displayed test scores. Our data. Wed, 25 May 2016 16:32:24 GMT /leadership/opinion-another-brick-in-the-data-wall/2016/05 /policy-politics/new-analysis-of-states-race-to-the-top-work-released-by-ed-department/2016/05 States reported both successes and struggles in work funded by the Race to the Top competitive-grant program, a U.S. Department of Education report says. Mon, 23 May 2016 13:04:42 GMT /policy-politics/new-analysis-of-states-race-to-the-top-work-released-by-ed-department/2016/05 /policy-politics/a-tennessee-district-perseveres-in-wake-of-online-testing-woes/2016/02 The state pulled the plug on new online tests aligned to the common core, but school leaders in Kingsport, Tenn., see it as a temporary setback in implementing the news standards and assessments. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:29:53 GMT /policy-politics/a-tennessee-district-perseveres-in-wake-of-online-testing-woes/2016/02 /policy-politics/opinion-with-essa-passage-delaware-offers-lessons/2016/01 Paul Herdman of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware checks in where his state is after RTTT and how the state's education plan can serve as a model for other states responding to ESSA's reduction of federal oversight. Wed, 06 Jan 2016 02:30:07 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-with-essa-passage-delaware-offers-lessons/2016/01 /policy-politics/over-half-of-race-to-the-top-cash-directly-supported-educators-report-says/2015/12 The Center for American Progress highlights the program's successes, but will future Education Department leaders embrace Race to the Top's competitive-grant model? Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:03:32 GMT /policy-politics/over-half-of-race-to-the-top-cash-directly-supported-educators-report-says/2015/12 /policy-politics/ed-dept-report-touts-race-to-top-programs-impact/2015/12 A new study focuses on progress under the Obama administration's signature education- redesign program, but touches only lightly on stumbles and controversies. Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:40:46 GMT /policy-politics/ed-dept-report-touts-race-to-top-programs-impact/2015/12