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Download full textRentner, Diane Stark; Ferguson, Maria; Kober, Nancy – Center on Education Policy, 2019
This report summarizes the results of a project by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) that explored how education leaders, practitioners, and the research community might work together more effectively to advance the use of evidence in school improvement. In particular, the project focused on how to support states and school districts as they…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation
Rentner, Diane Stark; Kober, Nancy; Braun, Matthew – Center on Education Policy, 2019
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states more power than they had under previous federal law to determine which schools are low-performing and gives school districts greater latitude to decide on strategies to improve these schools. This report describes findings from the first phase of a project by the Center on Education Policy (CEP)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Implementation
Frizzell, Matthew; Rentner, Diane Stark; Kober, Nancy; Braun, Matthew; Ferguson, Maria – Center on Education Policy, 2017
This report serves as a legacy document for the Ford Foundation's More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative. It summarizes the approaches to and outcomes and challenges of successful MBLT strategies around the country. The report includes data from a survey for Ford Foundation MBLT grantees across the country and from case studies in Denver,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies, Grants
Kober, Nancy; Rentner, Diane Stark – Center on Education Policy, 2011
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), also known as the economic stimulus bill, channeled an unprecedented $100 billion into the nation's public education system. These funds were intended not only to avert teacher layoffs and stabilize state and local education budgets in the short term, but also to encourage reforms that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Grants, Public Education, Program Implementation
Kober, Nancy; Rentmer, Diane Stark – Center on Education Policy, 2011
Most states are participating in the initiative led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers to develop and adopt voluntary common core state standards that will outline what elementary and secondary school students are expected to learn in English language arts and mathematics. Implementing these…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, State Officials, State Standards, Educational Quality
Kober, Nancy; Scott, Caitlin; Rentner, Diane Stark; McMurrer, Jennifer; Dietz, Shelby – Center on Education Policy, 2010
In the summer of 2009, school districts began receiving the first wave of federal economic stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Totaling about $100 billion over two years--more than double the fiscal year 2009 budget for the U.S. Department of Education (ED)--the education portion of the stimulus package…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Districts, Educational Change, Politics of Education
