Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2010’

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — ”the economic-stimulus law that included some $100 billion for public education” — is taking a beating on the campaign trail this midterm election season. Read full article…

Parents, who wonder if junior turned in his homework assignment or want to know how he did on the math test, now have a new way of tracking progress. Zangle, student information system software, will allow parents to monitor grades and attendance online. The Anchorage School District is implementing the new system for tracking and …

It is daunting enough to determine which of the three Innovation Grants (i3) to pursue. More daunting still is the next task of actually writing a comprehensive and innovative response that has merit for funding. But the biggest challenge comes at the point of implementing a complex strategy that has high-stakes accountability attached to it. …