September 21, 2016
Education Week, Vol. 36, Issue 05
Education Funding
News in Brief
Ohio Gets Federal Funds For Charters–With Strings
The U.S. Department of Education is releasing a $71 million grant to Ohio to help high-performing charter schools, but with strings attached.
Reading & Literacy
News in Brief
Right-to-Literacy Suit Filed Against Michigan
Lawyers representing Detroit schoolchildren filed a lawsuit last week against Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials in what they're calling the country's first federal case that pushes for literacy as a right under the U.S. Constitution.
Every Student Succeeds Act
News in Brief
IES Launches New Version Of Research Clearinghouse
The Institute of Education Sciences last week rolled out a new version of its What Works Clearinghouse intended to help school leaders search for more specific research on programs that might satisfy the school improvement provision of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Federal
Opinion
Trump, Fox News, and Educating the American Voter
Donald Trump’s rise as a presidential candidate reflects a problem with American education, argues Marc S. Tucker.
Federal
Opinion
A Conservative K-12 Agenda: Ideas for the Next President
Neither Clinton nor Trump favor a conservative approach to education, write Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden.
School & District Management
Analysis Projects Growing National Shortfall of Teachers
A new report estimates that, if current market trends persist, U.S. schools could be short by hundreds of thousands of teachers within the next few years.