Essential reading for the school improvement industry executive.

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Guest Perspective
• House Education Committee Chairman George Millers’ Opening Statement at the April 20 Reading First Hearing

Must Download Data
• NGA Report on the Governors’ Education Priorities

Rules of the Game
• Secretaries Paige and Spellings Failed to Report the Use of Their Waiver Authority Under NCLB Section 9401
 
A Little Knowledge
• GAO Reviews SES Providers’ Relationships With School Districts

K-12 Program Review
• What it Takes to Receive What Works Clearinghouse “Approval” in the Area Addressed by Reading First: DaisyQuest

“An Act: To close the achievement gap”
• Kentucky DOE official Starr Lewis Testifies on U.S. Ed Department’s Abuse of Discretion in Reading First Implementation

Letter from the Editor
• To Investors in Research-Based Firms: Help Yourselves by Organizing as One and Getting Up to Capital Hill Pronto