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View Article  3/8 SIIW Provider Announcements
A rare listing of every provider news site we monitor weekly.   more »
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View Article  Inspector General Reports on RMC Role in Reading First
And RMC accepts fault... The last IG report, but probably not the last work on the Reading First fiasco. A failure of process, but process matters when the subject is regulations to implement a program intended to opening a static marketplace to competition based on results. The quesation remaining is whether the Department of Education has the capacity to regulate our emerging school improvement market.   more »
View Article  PLATO Q1 2007: Struggling With Move to Subscription Model
Another firm caught between giant publishers and tiny firms with the advantages of neither and the drawbacks of both?   more »
View Article  Rhode Island: How Much Should It Take to Educate a Student?
Taking a stab at the question with four models.   more »
View Article  SIIW • The Podcast March 6
The School Improvement Industry's Interests in the Next NCLB (I)   more »
View Article  Upcoming Joint Hearing on NCLB
Where is the school improvement industry's spokesperson? Are we stakeholders in NCLB reauthorization or potted plants? Where are our trade groups?   more »
View Article  Texas: Greater Financial Transparency in School Districts?
Or how to avoid the 65% solution.   more »
View Article  Pennsylvania: Vallas Agrees Charter Competition Too Costly for Philly
When competetion threatens an established player, constraining competition is a political option it will pursue. This is why nascent industries require political protection.   more »