Strong American Schools -- ED in '08

Dear SAS Supporter: Thank you for being a part of the Strong American Schools’ ED in '08 campaign. Our two-year campaign to elevate the need for improved public education in the Presidential campaign was successful because of the time and commitment of you and our valued supporters. ...

Yesterday on CNN, I was asked about the selection of Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, to be the next Secretary of Education.  I know Arne well.  He is a strong leader on education and is a superb choice.  Rather than tell you about the interview, though, I thought it might be be...

"Can Obama help Rhee?" editorial page editor Fred Hiatt asks in today’s Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has put the education establishment on notice: the status quo is not good enough. ...

Coming off the detailed discussion on education at the close of the final Presidential debate, we’ve seen the media pick up on the issue – and really delve into specifics. Y...

Few, if any, school districts in the nation are as troubled as Baltimore City’s.  The challenges the school district faces – crumbling school buildings, unsafe classrooms, chronic underperformance and low graduation rates – demonstrate what happens when a school district is all but abando...

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has an opinion piece in the Washington Times that is necessary reading for anyone interested in improving our schools...

The current Education Week features a program that could serve as a model for school districts throughout the nation, the Boston Teacher Residency program .  The cutting-edge program, similar to a medical residency, takes those from other fields of work and trains them to be quality teachers ...

A Stong American Schools alumnus, Rachael Brown, has an interesting interview with Chancellor of the Washington D.C...

The current issue of Education Next features a provocative in-depth article by Jacob Vigdor, a professor at Duke University and research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, on the issue of teacher compensation...

The Washington Post today has an important story on recent gains by at-risk students in the Washington area.  The story explains how test scores for disadvantaged students have risen over the past six years....

With Presidential and Vice Presidential debates coming up, I wanted to let you of the efforts Strong American Schools is making, in cooperation with the Education Equality Project, to have education as a priority in the debates...

National Public Radio recently reported on two school districts, Denver and Washington, D.C., who have taken innovative approaches to improving teacher quality...

Since there has been a lot of discussion lately about the high remediation rates our college freshman are facing - more than one-third of incoming college freshmen will enroll in at least one remedial course during college – the recent ACHIEVE report, Out of Many, One: Toward Rigorous Common Core S...

A significant development took place in my home state of Colorado recently, and I wanted to make sure you knew about it...