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Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community.
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Former television journalist Campbell Brown has become an articulate voice and recognizable face in the fight for commonsense education reform. Her newest ventures relate to tenure reform in some of the country’s most notorious school systems.
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Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace.
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A new study from the Center for American Progress has been released evaluating the productivity of our nation's schools as it pertains to per-pupil spending. Continue Reading...
When 9,000 National Education Association members from across the country gathered in Denver for their annual conference last week, they made it easy to understand why union membership is in sharp decline.
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Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community.
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Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community.
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Today the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its annual ranking of teacher prep programs, with US News and World Report as the publisher. The list ranks 1,668 elementary and secondary teacher preparation programs across the country. Continue Reading...
South Carolina Ties Reading Proficiency to Matriculation
posted by: Ruthie | June 16, 2014, 02:21 pm According to a new South Carolina law signed last week by Governor Nikki Haley, third graders who fail to demonstrate reading proficiency on a state test well be held back starting in the 2017-18 school year. The new law is designed to hold back students who are not meeting basic reading requirements. Continue Reading...The latest set of voluntary national standards have been released. This time they are not aimed at any of the core subject areas but instead focus on bringing attention to arts education. Continue Reading...Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community. Continue Reading...
Breaking: California Judge Strikes Down LIFO, Tenure Protections
posted by: Alix | June 10, 2014, 02:36 pm In a victory for education reform in California, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today that state laws governing teacher tenure protections are unconstitutional. Continue Reading...
AAE Teachers Testify in Support of Paycheck Protection in Pennsylvania
posted by: Alix | June 09, 2014, 10:11 am
Two AAE member educators, Regional Membership Director Kristi Lacroix, and coalition of other local stakeholders testified Thursday before a Pennsylvania House committee in support of a new paycheck protection bill designed to promote teacher freedom of choice and union accountability.
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Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community. Continue Reading...As many students and schools gear up to celebrate eminent graduations, a recent large-scale study by America’s Promise Alliance shifts focus to why students drop out of high school. Continue Reading...
First Lady Michelle Obama Honors Brown v. Board Anniversary
posted by: Ruthie | May 19, 2014, 03:52 pm Last Friday, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to thousands of Kansas high school graduates to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the historic Supreme Court decision that outlawed school segregation. She commended their accomplishments and encouraged the students to continue the fight against school segregation. Continue Reading...Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community. Continue Reading...Welcome to the Association of American Educators' online publication, Reform Matters! This education reform-focused publication features both original AAE content and a compilation of the latest news from the growing education reform community. Continue Reading...In the wake of ground-breaking legislation in 2011, teacher evaluations in Indiana are making headlines this week. According to recent reports, the State Board of Education, lawmakers, and education policy experts deemed the results – only 2% of educators in Indiana are in need of improvement – as “too good to be true.” Continue Reading...
This weekend, the Kansas Legislature passed HB 2506, a school funding bill that included policy changes to teacher tenure. Among the many education reform provisions, the state is expected to increase K-12 education spending by 129 million dollars and allow easier paths to the classroom for degreed professionals. Governor Brownback has expressed support for the bill and will most likely sign it into law.
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