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  • New 2010 Class of Fellows Named for Entrepreneurial Leaders for Public Education Program
    Aspen Institute – NewSchools program recognizes leaders ready to embrace the challenge of improving public education

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 3, 2010 – 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.

  • Opinion: California needs 'Race to the Top' funds
    By Ted Mitchell, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund

    The 'Race to the Top' fund is too advantageous to ignore, the state's Board of Education president says. That means tying teacher evaluation to student performance, and that's a good idea. September 15, 2009 -- California soon must decide whether to make dramatic changes and lead the nation in education reform or -- if it can't or won't change -- be dragged along as other states show what bold change looks like. That's the message U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered to a California audience this summer.

  • Duncan's Call for School Turnarounds Sparks Debate
    As seen in Education WeekOriginal Article

    The U.S. secretary of education’s call to “turn around” the nation’s 5,000 worst-performing schools has found a warm welcome among educators and policymakers who see that focus as long overdue. But it has also sparked debate about how—and whether—such an enormous leadership and management challenge can be accomplished.

  • Opinion: Innovation will drive new federal funding for education
    By Ted Mitchell and Reed Hastings (for the San Jose Mercury News)Original Article

    The passage of the stimulus bill last week instantly doubled the federal role in funding schools, with an unprecedented influx of $95 billion. The question is, in education, what will that money buy? Most of the answer is jobs: fewer pink slips for teachers, and dirt finally moving on long-stalled construction projects. Yet in a welcome and farsighted move, the Recovery Act not only shores up the system, it also invests in fixing it where it's broken.

  • Obama puts spotlight on education deficit
    He wants U.S. to have highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.Original Article

    WASHINGTON-- President Obama on Tuesday laid out a series of challenges for the nation to meet in job training and college attainment, part of an effort to give every child a "complete and competitive education." The president, in his first address to a joint session of Congress, said his administration would provide the support needed to give the U.S. the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. He said there was a vital need for Americans to complete more years of education if the nation is to compete globally.

  • Rolling Up Their Sleeves
    Venture philanthropists pitch in for Chicago's schools.Original Article

    CHICAGO--Chicago has become a hotbed of "venture philanthropy" in education, as two local foundations contribute not only money, but also the hands-on work of some of the city's wealthiest and most influential residents, to help improve the schools in the nation's third-largest district.

  • Opinion: Depression taught us that education is key to recovery
    By Ted Mitchell and Jonathan Schorr Original Article

    Imagine this situation: The economy is facing a crisis with no recent parallel. Many Americans have lost jobs and homes. Yet even as the president takes dramatic measures to jump-start the economy, he lays the groundwork for recovery with measures to improve education and widen college opportunities, especially for low-income and minority youngsters.

  • Opinion: Federal Education Innovation - Getting It Right
    By Ted Mitchell & Jonathan SchorrOriginal Article

    When the Bush administration set out six years ago to create an office of education innovation, it did not envision spending millions of dollars on a museum dedicated to highlighting the importance of New Bedford, Mass., in the 19th-century whaling industry.

  • Brain drain: Why so many talented educators are leaving for New York
    Original Article

    BOSTON--THE GREATEST SIN that any Red Sox owner can commit is to allow a star player to move to New York. From Babe Ruth to Johnny Damon, these defections are greeted with howls of outrage from the fans and columnists of Red Sox Nation.

  • Beyond 'No Child'
    WBUR and NPR's On Point with Tom AshbrookOriginal Article

    How to improve under-achieving schools in America's poorest communities has vexed policy makers for generations. President Bush's No Child Left Behind law insists on accountability. But critics charge it encourages teaching to the test at the expense of real learning. The law still sparks a loud argument - but as one of our guests today writes in the current issue of Harper's magazine, there's debate that test-prep companies such as Kaplan are profiting handsomely from the federal mandate to test, and test, and test again.