State Board of Education

Effective Leaders
The “first couple” of education entrepreneurs
MA Governor unveils education initiative for the next decade (including promoting mastery learning (and exiting high school at 16). Related stories here and here.
There are some great graphs in the first few pages of the report, especially the economic impact to individuals and communities of high school and college […]

All eyes on Florida’s educational policies

Effective Teachers
Utah looks to Singapore for better ways to teach math:
“We only have one resource - our children - so education is the most important thing for us,” Ban Har said. “If we don’t do well in that area, then economically we are a doomed country.”
WSJ on Teach for […]

Effective Leaders
Massachusetts Governor to propose “readiness schools”
Under the plan, there are four ways a readiness school could open: A group of educators could form a collaborative and present the local school committee with a plan to operate a school; a district could convert a school with teacher consent; a School Committee could contract with outside […]