tag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-06-29:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87 2014-05-27T14:16:38Z Sara Mead is a senior associate with Bellwether Education Partners who writes about education policy, with particular attention to early childhood education, school reform, and improving educational outcomes for low-income students. Movable Type Pro 5.2.7 tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39321 2014-05-27T14:03:24Z 2014-05-27T14:16:38Z

In the four years I've been writing this series, I've profiled a number of teachers, but no teachers union leaders. Given the critical role teachers unions play in shaping the politics, policy, and day-to-day realities of public education in this...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook In the four years I've been writing this series, I've profiled a number of teachers, but no teachers union leaders. Given the critical role teachers unions play in shaping the politics, policy, and day-to-day realities of public education in this... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39320 2014-05-23T12:47:08Z 2014-05-23T12:42:43Z

Many educators are realizing that the traditional teaching career trajectory--becoming a classroom teacher after graduating college, and continuing in a similar role until retirement--no longer appeals to a new generation of workers. Millennials, who make up the new generation...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Many educators are realizing that the traditional teaching career trajectory--becoming a classroom teacher after graduating college, and continuing in a similar role until retirement--no longer appeals to a new generation of workers. Millennials, who make up the new generation... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39319 2014-05-22T22:43:35Z 2014-05-22T15:57:54Z

Educators and policymakers are increasingly looking to personalized learning as a strategy to improve student learning and engagement, but designing and implementing effective personalized learning models is challenging, requiring schools to simultaneously tackle issues of technology, human capital, and how...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Educators and policymakers are increasingly looking to personalized learning as a strategy to improve student learning and engagement, but designing and implementing effective personalized learning models is challenging, requiring schools to simultaneously tackle issues of technology, human capital, and how... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39318 2014-05-21T17:23:14Z 2014-05-21T16:56:23Z

Personalized learning models combine new technology with ongoing assessment, data use, and changes in how teachers use time and structure the school day, in order to create dramatically more personalized learning experiences for students. Shauntel Poulson is helping to shape...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Personalized learning models combine new technology with ongoing assessment, data use, and changes in how teachers use time and structure the school day, in order to create dramatically more personalized learning experiences for students. Shauntel Poulson is helping to shape... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39317 2014-05-20T14:14:57Z 2014-05-20T14:19:42Z

Outside of education researchers, University of Southern California Assistant Professor Morgan Polikoff may be best known for his prolific twitter profile and active participation in online debates about education policy and other topics. But he's also an accomplished researcher whose...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Outside of education researchers, University of Southern California Assistant Professor Morgan Polikoff may be best known for his prolific twitter profile and active participation in online debates about education policy and other topics. But he's also an accomplished researcher whose... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39316 2014-05-19T10:58:35Z 2014-05-19T10:34:45Z

After a decade of focus on teacher quality, policymakers and education leaders are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of school leaders to student learning. As principal of Liberty Elementary School, a high-performing, high-poverty elementary school in Northwest Baltimore, Joe Manko...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook After a decade of focus on teacher quality, policymakers and education leaders are increasingly recognizing the critical importance of school leaders to student learning. As principal of Liberty Elementary School, a high-performing, high-poverty elementary school in Northwest Baltimore, Joe Manko... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39314 2014-05-16T14:29:44Z 2014-05-16T14:13:35Z

Since 2011, ESEA waivers have allowed a fundamental shift in how many states evaluate school performance and report on these results to parents and the public. No one's been paying closer attention to this experiment than New America Foundation Policy...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Since 2011, ESEA waivers have allowed a fundamental shift in how many states evaluate school performance and report on these results to parents and the public. No one's been paying closer attention to this experiment than New America Foundation Policy... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39315 2014-05-15T13:30:30Z 2014-05-15T13:30:24Z

Despite widespread agreement in education policy about the importance of teachers, the voices of teachers themselves are often excluded from debates about public policy. As executive director of Educators for Excellence Minnesota, Madaline Edison is one of a growing number...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Despite widespread agreement in education policy about the importance of teachers, the voices of teachers themselves are often excluded from debates about public policy. As executive director of Educators for Excellence Minnesota, Madaline Edison is one of a growing number... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39411 2014-05-14T18:50:49Z 2014-05-14T19:50:49Z

Yesterday the National Institute for Early Education Research released their annual "State Pre-K Yearbook," which profiles pre-k programs, policies, enrollment, and funding across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. I'll say more about the overall findings later, but for now...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Yesterday the National Institute for Early Education Research released their annual "State Pre-K Yearbook," which profiles pre-k programs, policies, enrollment, and funding across the 50 states and Washington, D.C. I'll say more about the overall findings later, but for now... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39372 2014-05-14T05:19:14Z 2014-05-14T19:52:00Z

Schools are making increased use of technology to support student learning and assess students' progress, often combining a variety of different offerings to meet their students' and schools' unique needs. Many of these technology applications have real potential to make...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Schools are making increased use of technology to support student learning and assess students' progress, often combining a variety of different offerings to meet their students' and schools' unique needs. Many of these technology applications have real potential to make... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.39323 2014-05-13T11:05:46Z 2014-05-14T17:20:54Z

Four the past three years on this blog, I've profiled young leaders whose work in education is likely to have a transformative impact on their communities or the broader field in the next 10-20 years. These individuals have included teachers,...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Four the past three years on this blog, I've profiled young leaders whose work in education is likely to have a transformative impact on their communities or the broader field in the next 10-20 years. These individuals have included teachers,... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.38654 2014-04-08T13:15:14Z 2014-04-08T13:20:14Z

The Nashville Tennessean reports that Vanderbilt University researchers find limited appetite for or space in Tennessee private schools to take on students who receive vouchers from a voucher program proposed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. This, to my mind, has...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook The Nashville Tennessean reports that Vanderbilt University researchers find limited appetite for or space in Tennessee private schools to take on students who receive vouchers from a voucher program proposed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. This, to my mind, has... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.38412 2014-03-26T15:06:51Z 2014-03-26T15:31:25Z

Loads of interesting stuff in this new New America Foundation report on graduate student debt--a major and underacknowledged contributor to sky-hight national student debt levels. But what strikes me is that a lot of the growth in this sort of...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Loads of interesting stuff in this new New America Foundation report on graduate student debt--a major and underacknowledged contributor to sky-hight national student debt levels. But what strikes me is that a lot of the growth in this sort of... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.38358 2014-03-24T16:15:28Z 2014-03-24T16:17:55Z

Robert Gordon and I have a new article about Head Start up at The New Republic today. We argue that Head Start works better than many of its critics--and many K-12 education wonks--realize, but that it could--and must--do a much...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook Robert Gordon and I have a new article about Head Start up at The New Republic today. We argue that Head Start works better than many of its critics--and many K-12 education wonks--realize, but that it could--and must--do a much... tag:blogs.edweek.org,2014:/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook//87.38313 2014-03-21T14:41:28Z 2014-03-21T14:53:33Z

I'm pretty fascinated with these NPR charts comparing adults' professions and earnings today with their families' incomes when they were children (even though my own profession is too obscure to show up in them)! But dang, the information on childcare...

Sara Mead http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook I'm pretty fascinated with these NPR charts comparing adults' professions and earnings today with their families' incomes when they were children (even though my own profession is too obscure to show up in them)! But dang, the information on childcare...