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'Race to the Top' Redux... Pushing reforms in our nation's capital... Civil rights groups ask for more of the same in their education plan... Read more in the latest edition of Newswire.
Rewarding the status quo?
The fact that status quo strongholds are sharing the spotlight with truly groundbreaking education reform leaders as Finalists in round two of 'Race to the Top' is disheartening. Read more.
Data Points
Charter school achievement The BLOB doesn't want you to see:
 Hiawatha Leadership Academy serves 310 impoverished, mostly minority children and beats the statewide proficiency average for all grades by 4 percent. Learn more.
Education fifty: Navigating Races for Governor in the Fifty States
With 37 races for governor on the horizon, voters must be savvy about what the candidates believe and what they are likely to do to advance education reform – or stop it in its tracks. Learn where your candidates stand at educationfifty.com.
A lost opportunity in Maryland
Jeanne Allen writes about the the loss of a unique charter school environment for one Maryland county in a recent Washington Post op-ed. Read more.
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