This week's comprehensive listing of announcements from inside the Beltway.   more »

Other things being equal, and at a time when the Administration spends (wastes?) over $2 billion a week in Iraq, the school improvement industry's interests lie with the Democrats and a larger budget for k-12 This is especially true if more money is the price of an NCLB II with the teeth of NCLB I - but not if that money is fenced off for smaller classes. Schools should be able to deploy the bulk of federal resources as they see fit to meet AYP.   more »

What the heck was this all about? A slip in judgement, a legitimate difference of opinion on the law? The merits of the case aside, this kind of dispute never sends good signals to the troops about how civil sevants regulating a market must avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. And, in a town that never forgets a slip-up, it's not going to reflect well on the former Deputy's sense of proportion.   more »

First state-wide distribution of unitedstreamingplus. Question: Does this pre-empt or complement potential district-level sales of similar content?   more »

Pre-K's Title I   more »