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Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Education Standards

The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.

Building a Better Teacher

There are more than three million teachers in the United States, and Doug Lemov is trying to prove that he can teach them to be better.

15 States Plus D.C. Are Named Race to the Top Finalists

The candidates will come to Washington later this month to make their pitches for part of the $4 billion pot of economic-stimulus grants.

CEO, Scott Morgan, selected for prestigious Entrepreneurial Leaders for Public Education Fellowship Program

The Aspen Institute and NewSchools Venture Fund today announced the selection of the third cohort of the prestigious Entrepreneurial Leaders for Public Education Fellowship Program. These 24 accomplished leaders will join with fellows from the first two cohorts as participants in the program, which is designed to recognize and support exceptional entrepreneurial leaders who are committed to transforming public education.

U.S. Teachers More Interested in Reform Than Money

U.S. teachers are more interested in school reform and student achievement than their paychecks, according to a massive new survey.

Obama Takes Aim at School Dropout Rates

President Obama announced a $900 million federal investment in states and schools systems that take dramatic steps to address the lowest performing schools and improve graduation rates.

New Plan Will Let High Schoolers Graduate Early

Dozens of public high schools in eight states will introduce a program next year allowing 10th graders who pass a battery of tests to get a diploma two years early and immediately enroll in community college.

Talent Matters: Teacher Effectiveness Ignites Exciting Shift in Education

2/23/10

Teachers have the most significant influence on student learning – especially for minority and low-income students. The evidence here is clear.

And recently a paradigm shift in the way the education industry evaluates teachers has been taking place.

As this change aims to measure teachers by the success of their students, rather than predictors of quality such as credentials, many believe –and hope– that teachers will soon be accepted as individual professionals rather than interchangeable pieces in the educational puzzle.

According to a recent study, part of the problem is systemic.

A Means to Make a Difference

EP Alumnus, Jesse Hahnel (07 Bay Area), to Spread Ed Reform, Entrepreneurial Spirit, to Child Welfare System

2/23/10

Jesse Hahnel has worked with foster youth since the beginning of his career.

As a teacher in low-performing schools in Washington DC and New York City, Jesse saw first-hand the positive effects a vocal adult had on a child’s success in school. He also noticed the sparse number of adult education advocates for youth in the foster care system.

After graduating from Stanford Law School in 2008, Jesse worked with foster children and foster youth in Oakland to learn what was happening on the ground and to identify their unmet needs.

Not long into his work with Oakland-area foster children, Jesse was contacted by the director of a group home who was concerned about one the children in his home, a 15-year-old boy named Alex, who had not been placed in a school by the local school district despite Alex having been in the group home since November.

Education Pioneers CEO, Fellows and Alumni Featured on Houston Public Radio

Education Pioneers Brings Top Talent to Area Schools

A career in education usually evokes images of teachers or principals. But in reality there are many educational positions in areas like policy, law and business. Getting the best and brightest people to work in those areas is the mission of Education Pioneers; a national organization that just last month announced that Houston would be its seventh site. Rod Rice reports.