The better to deflect attention from the real problems: 1) people in positions of authority who either abused their public trust or were not competent to exercise it according to any reasonable standard of care; 2) the Department's utter incapacity to behave differently as the federal role in public education becomes one of fueling a school improvement industry, and 3) the Administration's lack of any strategy to turn the Department around so it can handle an emerging market implicit in No Child Left Behind.   more »

Any school improvement provider with a corporate culture committed to ongoing research as part of product development should be giving this trade group a careful look.   more »

Forget this as a “education” story – why haven’t newspaper editors seen it as a political story and a real humdinger of a tale? Why are they not outraged at the abuse of our government for personal and ideological ends? Your editor just doesn’t get it, and would appreciate someone in journalism setting him straight.   more »

The SES providers' trade group was pleased with the House Education and Labor subcomittee hearing's testimony.   more »