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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.