by Jack Jennings | Feb 16, 2017 | advocating, federal education policy
If the United States valued education as much as military activities, children in elementary schools would have 45% more spent on their education than is provided now. High schools would see their budgets go up by 71%. American schools currently are not the best in...
by Jack Jennings | Feb 12, 2017 | education research
TO: Jack Jennings FROM: Matthew Frizzell DATE: February 8, 2017 SUBJECT: Estimated percent of US’ education spending in 2013 The National Priorities Project concluded that the United States outpaces other countries by a significant margin in military expenditures —...
by Jack Jennings | Feb 10, 2017 | academic standards, advocating, charter schools, children with disabilities, federal education policy, private schools / vouchers / and other choice, Race to the Top (RTTT), teachers
On February 9, 2017, Jack Jennings was interviewed on recent developments in education policy on the Facebook program, Video from the Washington Post. Why the Education Department exists We’re talking with education advocate Jack Jennings about the creation of the...
by Jack Jennings | Feb 1, 2017 | advocating, charter schools, federal education policy, federal funding, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), private schools / vouchers / and other choice, Race to the Top (RTTT)
During the campaign, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to respect state and local control of public education. With his nomination of Betsy DeVos for U.S. secretary of education, President-elect Trump has tossed that promise aside, saying that she will...
