Transparency Watch: How 'Public' is NCLB Waiver Judging?
The U.S. Department of Education is refusing to make public formal feedback letters it sent to the 11 states seeking waivers under No Child Left Behind. Read Full Post >
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January 09, 2012
November 18, 2011
Transparency Watch: NCLB Waiver Judges Identified
The field of 21 judges who will help decide which states get a waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act is dominated by education policy experts with deep experience working for state departments of education. Read Full Post >
July 10, 2009
GAO: Most Districts Not Spending Stimulus on Reform
Deficits, pressure to spend quickly, and murky guidance have led states and school districts to use stimulus money to save jobs and bolster existing programs, a Government Accountability Office Report says. Read Full Post >
June 11, 2009
UPDATED Transparency Watch: ED Finally Puts Initial Stimulus Apps Online
The Education Department gets a "most improved" from Politics K-12 for finally putting the initial applications for state fiscal stabilization funding online—and living up to the transparency standards President Obama has set for spending stimulus money. I've been making the case for this for we... Read Full Post >
June 02, 2009
Transparency Watch: Stimulus App Secrecy Bugs Advocacy Groups
Several education advocacy organizations are riled up—as they probably should be—about a gap in the "transparency" of stimulus funds that I pointed out weeks ago. The U.S. Department of Education is refusing to make available the applications states submit for the state stabilization fund part o... Read Full Post >
April 28, 2009
Transparency Watch: ED's Lobbying Disclosures Now Online
Props to agency officials for the level of detail in their first report. Read Full Post >
April 21, 2009
UPDATE Transparency Watch: South Dakota Gets a Gold Star (and Calif. too!)
Four states have submitted their stabilization fund applications to the feds, and only South Dakota puts their documents up prominently online. Read Full Post >
April 09, 2009
Transparency Watch: Dead Ends Along the Money Trail
An early test of the claim for "unprecedented" levels of transparency in spending the stimulus funding shows there's a long way to go. Read Full Post >
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