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Gates Foundation Education Grants Favor College Prep & Common Core Initiatives

Gates Foundation Education Grants Favor College Prep & Common Core Initiatives

Best of the Web, Education News, National K-12 February 5, 2015 at 1:38 pm

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation annually awards millions in funding to education initiatives aimed at impacting both students and policy. One of the goals stated by the Gates Foundation in regards to education are to support innovation that can improve U.S. K-12 public schools and ensure that students graduateRead More

Non-profit urges expansion of charter schools

Non-profit urges expansion of charter schools

Houston Schools, National K-12, Profile March 19, 2014 at 5:05 pm

Democrats for Education Reform have set up shop in Austin, Texas, and they are planning on adding to the educational dialogue across the state. To begin with, it must be mentioned that there is a lot of difficult rhetoric and political language to wade through when discussing education reform. ButRead More

Performance-Linked Rewards Increase Test Scores

Performance-Linked Rewards Increase Test Scores

Uncategorized June 21, 2013 at 10:19 pm

Performance-based rewards have become an extricable part of the American corporate landscape. The benefits of the performance-linked pay model are evident. Yet, this model has not been whole-heartedly embraced and only partially assimilated by the country’s education sector. The debate on whether teachers should be paid based on performance continuesRead More