That headline may sound very "dog bites man." But those folks who are hoping for more money for Title I, special education, and other federal programs have a new, energetic advocate on their team. Joel Packer, who until recently was the chief No...

If you're a finalist for a Race to the Top grant in Round 1 of the competition, then the week of March 15 is when your state team will have to come to Washington, D.C. and make your in-person pitch to the peer reviewers. This nugget of...

So we're supposed to get hit with quite the winter storm here on the East Coast. Once you've stocked up on milk and toilet paper and are cuddled up with your hot chocolate, check out these good reads: At Flypaper, Andy Smarick dissects (in great...

Being the federal education policy nerd that I am, I'm wading through a 367-page transcript of the technical assistance planning seminar the U.S. Department of Education held in Denver to help states understand the Race to the Top...

With the Race to the Top deadline just around the corner, education policy wonks are already sizing up the competition to figure out who's already in the lead, and who isn't. Vegas odds probably aren't favoring these 14 states, which didn't meet...