Education Commission of the States (ECS) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that informs decision-making by synthesizing state-level data from across the nation.  To review ECS’s newly released International Benchmarking Toolkit, click here: http://www.ecs.org/IB/IBtoolkit3-26-09.pdf   

On April 1, the U.S. Department of Education released new guidelines on the use of education funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. EducationCounsel has since issued this memo providing an analysis of these new guidelines, focusing specifically on IDEA, Title I, and State Fiscal Stabilization Funds.

KidsOhio.org endorsed the education policy recomendations in Beyond Tinkering: Creating Real Opportunities for Today’s Learners and for Generations of Ohioans to Come. Recommendations have been shared with Governor Ted Strickland, the 128th Ohio General Assembly and the State Board of Education. Read full report.

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } A new report from the Education Trust (EdTrust) claims that additional funds intended for low-income students in Ohio often don’t reach the schools with the greatest needs. According to the EdTrust, Ohio has made some significant progress in improving equity across districts in student funding: “By 2006…Ohio districts with the highest poverty rates [...]

This PowerPoint presentation was given at a KidsOhio-sponsored briefing for new and returning legislators on December 8, 2008. As Massachusetts’ former Commissioner of Education, David P. Driscoll shares his state’s  education reform story.