National News

Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Education

Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jennifer Steinhauer, Motoko Rich, The New York Times
Date: July 8 2015
Link: Complete Article

WASHINGTON, DC — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role in education, particularly the use of high-stakes standardized testing to punish schools, in the first significant proposed revisions since the No Child Left Behind law was passed 14 years ago. While there is near-universal agreement that the law should be… [Read More]

Expanding the Presidential Scholars Program to Honor Students in Career and Technical Education

Posted on Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Roberto J. Rodriguez, The White House Blog
Date: 6/23/15
Link: Complete Article

President Obama signed an Executive Order expanding the United States Presidential Scholars program to establish a new category of outstanding scholars in career and technical education (CTE). The announcement of this new award category of CTE Presidential Scholars is fitting because the White House also welcomed and honored the 51st class of Presidential Scholars yesterday… [Read More]

The High Cost of Low Technology Skills in the U.S.–and What We Can Do About It

Posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Change The Equation
Link: Complete Article

Although American millennials are the first generation of “digital natives”–that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet–they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come as a shock to most Americans–especially to millennials themselves. After all, millennials are glued to their phones, tablets, and other devices. Many assume that using… [Read More]

Title IX – US Department of Education issues policy letter

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Commissioner's Weekly Newsletter
Date: 5/15/15

The US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently issued a policy letter to public school districts reminding administrators of their obligation to designate at least one individual to coordinate schools’ efforts to comply with Title IX. It also reminded districts to provide training and support to the Title IX coordinator. The document is… [Read More]

Elementary Secondary Education Act Reauthorization news from AESA

Posted on Friday, April 17th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Date: 4/13/15

The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) recently received analysis from The Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) regarding the multiple versions of the Elementary Secondary Education Act currently under consideration by Congress to replace No Child Left Behind. CES thought it would be useful to share this analysis. ESEA, which funds primary and secondary education,… [Read More]

Ed tech must do more to ‘advance equity,’ U.S. Secretary of Education says

Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Nichole Dobo, The Hechinger Report
Date: 4/8/15
Link: Complete Article

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The U.S. Department of Education unveiled a new education technology developer’s guide Tuesday during the annual ASU+GSV Summit conference here. In remarks at the conference, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged developers to consider the needs of disadvantaged students, so that they are not left behind as more schools adopt new tools that… [Read More]

Now available: Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation

Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine
Date: 4/1/15
Link: Complete Article

Available from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council – April 1, 2015 Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and education of young children… [Read More]

Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products

Posted on Monday, March 9th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Natasha Singer, The New York Times
Date: 2/08/15
Link: Complete Article

When Tony Porterfield’s two sons came home from elementary school with an assignment to use a reading assessment site called Raz-Kids.com, he was curious, as a parent, to see how it worked. As a software engineer, he was also curious about the site’s data security practices. And he was dismayed to discover that the… [Read More]

Early Childhood Programs Reduce Need for Special Ed

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
Date: 02/09/2015
Link: Complete Article

Attendance in an early childhood program dramatically reduces the chance that a child will need to be placed in pricier special education in third grade, according to research just published by Duke University. The findings were released just days after the North Carolina university announced that it was opening a data analytics center focused on… [Read More]

U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
Date: 01/13/2015
Link: Complete Article

Federal overreach in education is under attack from multiple quarters and will likely be diminished in any overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act, the current law governing national education policy. As a result, the powerful influence of nationally funded assessments and the Common Core State Standards may be reduced. However, the devolution of… [Read More]