/transparency Transparency en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:09:33 GMT /leadership/inside-school-districts-use-of-ndas-and-why-legal-experts-warn-caution/2024/10 Nondisclosure agreements can raise a number of legal considerations for districts. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:09:33 GMT /leadership/inside-school-districts-use-of-ndas-and-why-legal-experts-warn-caution/2024/10 /teaching-learning/nuanced-accountability-would-help-english-learners-new-research-shows-how/2024/02 A new report offers suggestions on how states can approach federal accountability measures with more nuance for English learners. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:27:40 GMT /teaching-learning/nuanced-accountability-would-help-english-learners-new-research-shows-how/2024/02 /leadership/school-districts-are-limiting-public-comment-will-that-erode-trust/2023/01 School boards walk a fine line when they restrict public comment policies in a divisive political climate. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:49:47 GMT /leadership/school-districts-are-limiting-public-comment-will-that-erode-trust/2023/01 /policy-politics/opinion-lets-make-transparency-the-pandemics-educational-legacy/2021/08 Transparency can strengthen school communities, allow parents to see what’s happening, and provide students more of the support they need. Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:00:28 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-lets-make-transparency-the-pandemics-educational-legacy/2021/08 /policy-politics/private-school-choice-programs-fall-short-on-transparency-accountability/2020/02 Education Week finds that few of the nearly 30 states with programs that pay tuition at private schools or tax-credits to incentivize businesses and individuals to do so require private schools to follow standard policies used to ensure transparency and accountability in the nation’s public schools. Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:33:21 GMT /policy-politics/private-school-choice-programs-fall-short-on-transparency-accountability/2020/02 /policy-politics/states-fall-short-on-school-data-transparency-advocacy-group-says/2019/04 After reviewing states’ school report cards, the Data Quality Campaign says dozens of states are failing to offer a clear window into the data they’re required to collect under ESSA. Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:13:25 GMT /policy-politics/states-fall-short-on-school-data-transparency-advocacy-group-says/2019/04 /policy-politics/states-confront-new-mandate-on-school-spending-transparency/2018/02 School-by-school funding data have to be made available to the public under the Every Student Succeeds Act, but doing so can be a daunting task given districts' sometimes-antiquated finance systems. Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:49:58 GMT /policy-politics/states-confront-new-mandate-on-school-spending-transparency/2018/02 /leadership/opinion-leaders-who-are-purposeful-about-transparency/2017/10 Let the good news and the bad news come from us. Tell the truth. Be honest. Set the context. Stay out front. Keep on message. Listen well. Anticipate. Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:26:08 GMT /leadership/opinion-leaders-who-are-purposeful-about-transparency/2017/10 /teaching-learning/opinion-modeling-transparency-and-vulnerability-as-a-new-leader/2017/09 As we grow together as a team, I have high hopes that I can ease the woes of anticipation. Although my position title preceeds me as a person, it is my character and willingness to lead from the middle with my team that I hope drives our ability to do what's best for kids. Sun, 17 Sep 2017 10:20:17 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-modeling-transparency-and-vulnerability-as-a-new-leader/2017/09 /education/opinion-is-your-district-ready-for-financial-transparency/2017/03 To meet the reporting requirements of the Every 69´«Ã½ Succeeds Act, many districts need to change the ways they track and report financial data. Here's what they need to know now. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 12:00:00 GMT /education/opinion-is-your-district-ready-for-financial-transparency/2017/03 /policy-politics/s-d-rejects-transparency-for-scholarship-fund/2017/02 South Dakota lawmakers last week rejected a bill that was meant to increase transparency in the state's school choice scholarship program. Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:27:22 GMT /policy-politics/s-d-rejects-transparency-for-scholarship-fund/2017/02 /education/opinion-how-transparency-can-build-trust/2016/09 If coaching is new at your school, if you're new at your school, or you're new in the role of coach, you can cultivate trust by being explicit, direct and transparent about what you're doing and why. Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:24:23 GMT /education/opinion-how-transparency-can-build-trust/2016/09 /policy-politics/six-new-transparency-requirements-in-the-every-student-succeeds-act/2016/04 The new law includes a host of new transparency requirements that will give the feds, states, districts, educators, advocates and (yes) education reporters a much clearer picture of how different populations of kids are doing. Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:27:23 GMT /policy-politics/six-new-transparency-requirements-in-the-every-student-succeeds-act/2016/04 /leadership/opinion-tweeting-to-transparency/2014/09 Twitter isn't for you? Why not? Among the many uses of Twitter, why not set up a class hashtag to help include parents in your classroom conversation. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:00:48 GMT /leadership/opinion-tweeting-to-transparency/2014/09 /education/opinion-teacher-evaluation-systems-based-on-trust-transparency-and-growth/2014/08 At YES Prep, our Instructional Excellence Rubric (IER) is the foundation for our teacher development and evaluation system. Three principles for successful teacher evaluation have guided our work. Wed, 27 Aug 2014 12:20:31 GMT /education/opinion-teacher-evaluation-systems-based-on-trust-transparency-and-growth/2014/08 /policy-politics/success-for-all-again-scores-big-and-loses-in-i3-contest/2014/01 U.S. Department of Education records confirm that Success for All was the highest-rated Investing in Innovation scale-up application again in 2013. And for a second year in a row, it didn't get funded. Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:05:00 GMT /policy-politics/success-for-all-again-scores-big-and-loses-in-i3-contest/2014/01 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-ed-dept-refuses-to-disclose-top-i3-scale-up-applicant/2013/11 The U.S. Department of Education is refusing to disclose the top-scoring but unfunded Investing in Innovation scale-up application, which scored 77.83, because the score was not "approximately 80." Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:24:11 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-ed-dept-refuses-to-disclose-top-i3-scale-up-applicant/2013/11 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-naep-governing-boards-puzzling-media-access-policy/2013/11 The board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress is refusing to disclose its media policy on who does, and does not, get early access to test data. Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:18:01 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-naep-governing-boards-puzzling-media-access-policy/2013/11 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-will-we-see-ed-dept-s-waiver-data-analysis/2013/09 The U.S. Department of Education will base part of its decision to renew a state's waiver on data analyses that it has not committed to making public. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:31:04 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-will-we-see-ed-dept-s-waiver-data-analysis/2013/09 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-federal-ell-clearinghouse-remains-in-limbo/2013/05 The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing, for a second time, whether it followed federal contracting rules in a competition for a $1.5 million contract to manage the National Clearinghouse for English-Language Acquisition. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:49 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-federal-ell-clearinghouse-remains-in-limbo/2013/05 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-head-start-contest-leaves-us-scratching-our-heads/2013/04 Guest post by Nirvi Shah Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:57:51 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-head-start-contest-leaves-us-scratching-our-heads/2013/04 /teaching-learning/opinion-a-new-era-of-classroom-transparency/2013/04 Two middle school educators say their school's use of an online learning-management system has opened their classroom and transformed their teaching. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:56:12 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-a-new-era-of-classroom-transparency/2013/04 /policy-politics/opinion-an-open-book-in-clark-county/2013/01 Clark County's "Open Book" portal makes it easy for parents, taxpayers, journalists, and critics to view the district's revenue and expenses. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:22:01 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-an-open-book-in-clark-county/2013/01 /policy-politics/transparency-questions-arise-after-utah-boards-vote/2012/12 The Utah Board of Education may have violated the state's Open Meetings Act when it selected new leadership on Dec. 7. Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:36:27 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-questions-arise-after-utah-boards-vote/2012/12 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-why-is-head-start-competition-so-secretive/2012/08 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not disclosing basic details about the competition in which Head Start providers are having to reapply for their funds. Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:42:15 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-why-is-head-start-competition-so-secretive/2012/08 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-ed-dept-more-open-than-most-federal-agencies/2012/08 The U.S. Department of Education is reducing its backlog of public-information requests, but it still takes the agency more than a month on average to fulfill even the simplest requests. Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:04:24 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-ed-dept-more-open-than-most-federal-agencies/2012/08 /policy-politics/opinion-leaders-laggards-takes-a-hard-look-at-higher-ed/2012/06 The Institute for a Competitive Workforce (an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) yesterday published an expansive new state-by-state report on public higher education: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Public Postsecondary Education. The lead researcher on the effort was my talented AEI colleague Andrew Kelly, who put in six months of data gathering with the aid of crack AEI research associate Daniel Lautzenheiser and ICW's terrific Jaimie Matthews. (Full disclosure: I served as part of the project team, along with my Brookings Institution counterpart Russ Whitehurst; the Chamber's Margaret Spellings, Cheryl Oldham, and Dom Giandomenico; and Ben Wildavsky of the Kauffman Foundation). Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-leaders-laggards-takes-a-hard-look-at-higher-ed/2012/06 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-how-public-is-nclb-waiver-judging/2012/01 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. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:02:10 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-how-public-is-nclb-waiver-judging/2012/01 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-nclb-waiver-judges-identified/2011/11 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. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:31:29 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-nclb-waiver-judges-identified/2011/11 /policy-politics/transparency-watch-secret-for-now-nclb-waiver-judges/2011/10 The U.S. Department of Education will keep secret, for now, the names of the peer reviewers who will judge states' applications for waivers under No Child Left Behind. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:40:08 GMT /policy-politics/transparency-watch-secret-for-now-nclb-waiver-judges/2011/10