Supplemental Education

Education Opinion The Letter From: March 1, 2004 on Funding NCLB
A sound analysis of NCLB finance is not a mission to Mars. There are two kinds of costs: 1) compliance with NCLB performance requirements, such as those related to AYP or highly qualified teachers; and 2) the consequences of failure, including supplemental services and public school choice.
Marc Dean Millot, June 19, 2008
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Federal NCLB Plan Would Add New Rules
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings formally unveils regulations that would require state and local school officials to provide more and better information about high school graduation rates.
David J. Hoff, April 24, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion School Improvement RFP of the Week
This program would not be a huge stretch for many Supplementary Educational Services (SES) providers. Per pupil payments are a competitive factor, not a fixed fee, but there is no specific expectation of improvement in student performance.
Marc Dean Millot, April 1, 2008
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School & District Management Opinion The "Program Evaluation" Bar - Why Just for SES Providers?
Regulation based on Scientifically Based Research is not fundamentally a problem of capacity. It's one of interest.
Marc Dean Millot, January 8, 2008
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Education Opinion Friday Guest Column: Ethics in Supplementary Educational Services Marketing
While the Education Industry Association and its Supplementary Educational Services (SES) subcommittee are actively representing and often defending the interests of the SES provider industry, we are keenly aware that we must also defend high ethical standards.
Marc Dean Millot, December 7, 2007
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Education Policies Steering Supplemental Educational Services to Struggling Schools
In the 2006-07 school year, 18 states had a policy for providing supplemental educational services in non-Title I schools rated as failing or low-performing.
Sterling C. Lloyd, November 6, 2007
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Federal New Coalition to Lobby for Changes in NCLB’s Provisions on Tutoring
It backs a bill that would require districts to document how they informed parents about the availability of the tutoring.
David J. Hoff, May 22, 2007
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Families & the Community House Panel Examines NCLB Supplemental Services
House lawmakers invited ideas on how to improve the quality of and access to tutoring made available under the No Child Left Behind Act.
April 24, 2007
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Education Report Roundup NCLB Services Seen Difficult to Monitor
A survey found that 38 states said they were unable to monitor "to a great extent" the effectiveness of supplemental-service providers.
Laura Greifner, March 16, 2007
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Federal A Washington Roundup States Face Federal Review On NCLB Choice, Tutoring
The Department of Education has added six more states to a list of 17 already selected for intensive monitoring of their supplemental-education-services and public-school-choice programs under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Alyson Klein, February 27, 2007
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Federal House Panel Studies Ways to Boost Tutoring Under NCLB
With fewer than a fifth of eligible students taking advantage of federally financed tutoring and afterschool programs, policymakers here have begun exploring options for expanding the reach of those services.
David J. Hoff, September 26, 2006
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Federal Opinion ‘Supplemental Services’: Theory vs. Practice
Jeffrey Cohen, the president of Education Station, a leading provider of supplemental education services, looks at how this No Child Left Behind mandate can be modified so that it actually works.
Jeffrey H. Cohen, May 23, 2006
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Education 'Supplemental Services' : Theory vs. Practice
Does the supplemental-services provision in the No Child Left Behind Act need to be modified? What do you think?
May 23, 2006
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Federal Educate Inc. Puts Division Up for Sale
The tutoring company Educate Inc. wants to sell its main supplemental-services division after it posted lackluster sales in the third quarter.
Rhea R. Borja, December 6, 2005
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