by Jack Jennings | Feb 27, 2020 | academic standards, charter schools, common state standards, education research, Fatigued by School Reform: articles, interviews, and more, federal education policy, federal funding, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), private schools / vouchers / and other choice, Race to the Top (RTTT), school funding, teachers, tests / assessments
Fatigued by School Reform, by Jack Jennings After a half-a-century of school reform, a majority of Americans consider the public schools as worse today than when they attended school. Those reforms missed the mark because they were not focused on the...
by Jack Jennings | Apr 16, 2017 | charter schools, education research, federal education policy, federal funding, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), private schools / vouchers / and other choice
“(A)n education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge.” President Trump broadcast this biting condemnation in his inaugural address. A short time later, Trump proposed cutting education spending by 13%....
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...
by Jack Jennings | Jan 19, 2017 | charter schools, federal education policy, private schools / vouchers / and other choice
The United States has not scored victories in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Could the missing element in those fights be the lack of competition which would have motivated an American military force to succeed? Is it time to create “charter armies”, “charter air...
by Jack Jennings | Jan 23, 2015 | charter schools, federal education policy, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), private schools / vouchers / and other choice, school funding, teachers, tests / assessments
In March the Harvard Education Press released a new book by Jack Jennings. Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools analyzes a half century of national school improvement efforts, such as Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left...
