Diana Epstein

Shortsighted Education Cuts in New Ryan Budget a Giant Step Backward ArticleMarch 20, 2012

The House budget groups education, training, employment, and social services into one budget function that would be cut by about 20 percent from FY 2012 levels. A cut of that size to education could have devastating consequences for our country's future.
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Shortsighted Education Cuts in New Ryan Budget a Giant Step Backward

Diana Epstein explains how the House GOP budget plan undercuts student aspirations and hobbles U.S. global economic competitiveness.

Mar 20, 2012

Diana Epstein

School District Consolidation Isn’t as Simple as It Seems ArticleMarch 16, 2012

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn supports a district consolidation plan that would cut the number of school districts in his state from almost 900 to around 300. (AP/ Seth Perlman)

School District Consolidation Isn’t as Simple as It Seems

A proposal in Illinois to dramatically consolidate its school districts raises important and timely issues about education governance, writes Diana Epstein.

Mar 16, 2012

Diana Epstein

Continued Investment in Elementary and Secondary Education ArticleFebruary 13, 2012

The president's budget invests in a highly effective teaching workforce, promotes innovation, and supports programs that serve low-income students. (AP/ Orlin Wagner)

Continued Investment in Elementary and Secondary Education

Glenda Partee and Diana Epstein examine the president’s plan to strengthen America by investing in education

Feb 13, 2012

Glenda L. Partee, Diana Epstein

Subtraction by Distraction ReportNovember 10, 2011

The Los Angeles Unified School District's Young Oak Kim Academy, a school that teaches boys and girls in single gender core classes, including technology, math, science, and engineering, is seen on its first day of school, Wednesday, September 9, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Subtraction by Distraction

Diana Epstein explains why publicly identifying teachers with value-added estimates will actually undermine efforts to improve public schools.

Nov 10, 2011

Diana Epstein, Raegen Miller

Phantom Menace ArticleOctober 14, 2011

Jasmine Price, a 10th grader at Dallas's Talented and Gifted Magnet school, studies early American art during an advanced placement art history class. (AP/Amy Conn-Gutierrez)

Phantom Menace

Ulrich Boser and Diana Epstein dismantle a report from the Fordham Institute alleging that school accountability systems might be dumbing down our best and brightest.

Oct 14, 2011

Ulrich Boser, Diana Epstein

Investing in Education Powers U.S. Competitiveness ReportSeptember 6, 2011

Investing in Education Powers U.S. Competitiveness

Diana Epstein on how investing in our students is good for U.S. competitiveness.

Sep 6, 2011

Diana Epstein

Measuring Inequity in School Funding ReportAugust 3, 2011

The inequity in school funding must be remedied so all children in a state have access to the resources they need to achieve at high levels. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Measuring Inequity in School Funding

Diana Epstein examines the problem of intrastate fiscal inequity and surveys some of the different measures that are used to characterize a state’s level of funding equity among districts within a state.

Aug 3, 2011

Diana Epstein

Education ArticleJuly 20, 2011

Teacher Margarita Hernandez leads a group of preschoolers with an outdoor art project at a Head Start program in Hillsboro, Oregon. We receive $13 in social benefits for every $1 invested in early childhood education and development, studies show. (AP/Greg Wahl-Stephens)

Education

This is the latest in a weekly series of talking points from CAP’s Doing What Works team showing how we can make smart budget decisions that boost government efficiency and effectiveness.

Jul 20, 2011

Diana Epstein

There Still Be Dragons ReportJuly 5, 2011

Alumnos en el tercer grado estudian un problema de matemática en la Escuela Primaria Harvard en Houston. Un nuevo informe propone que el financiamiento de la escuela pública es ampliamente similar entre grupos raciales y étnicos, y encontró una audiencia predeciblemente receptiva en los blogs conservativos. (AP/David J. Phillip)

There Still Be Dragons

Analyzing data at the district level shows that racial disparities do exist in school funding despite claims to the contrary, write Raegen Miller and Diana Epstein.

Jul 5, 2011

Raegen Miller, Diana Epstein

Slow Off the Mark ReportMay 4, 2011

Slow Off the Mark

Diana Epstein and Reagen T. Miller on improving science, technology, engineering, and math education in schools and what it means for the nation.

May 4, 2011

Diana Epstein, Raegen Miller

Ryan’s Step Backward for Education ArticleApril 6, 2011

Erin Gavin, a Teach for America teacher, listens to students at a Brooklyn Center School in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Education has already taken a hit in this year’s budget battle as an earlier continuing resolution cut almost $750 million from the Department of Education, including cuts to Teach for America along with the Striving Readers and Even Start literacy programs and small learning communities. (AP/Andy King)

Ryan’s Step Backward for Education

Diana Epstein explains why Rep. Ryan’s future funding cuts for federal education programs would hurt our nation and our economy.

Apr 6, 2011

Diana Epstein

What Would H.R. 1 Really Mean for Our Schools? ArticleFebruary 28, 2011

Teacher Dany Chhy, left, leads a drill as preschoolers line up before their lunch break at a Head Start program in Hillsboro, Oregon, Thursday, August 16, 2007. Under H.R. 1, funding for Head Start would be cut by $1 billion, eliminating almost 196,000 enrollment slots for low-income children nationwide. (AP/Greg Wahl-Stephens)

What Would H.R. 1 Really Mean for Our Schools?

The proposed education cuts in H.R. 1 would have immediate and disproportionate impacts on low-income children, writes Diana Epstein.

Feb 28, 2011

Diana Epstein

A Clear Choice on Education ArticleFebruary 15, 2011

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, second from left, signed into law an education reform plan designed to help the state compete for a slice of the Obama administration's $4.35 billion Race to the Top program. The House Republicans' continuing resolution provides no money for new rounds of Race to the Top or the Investing in Innovation or i3 Fund. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

A Clear Choice on Education

The Republicans’ proposed education cuts in the continuing resolution and the president’s budget request could not be more different, says Diana Epstein.

Feb 15, 2011

Diana Epstein

Our Future Competitiveness Hangs in the Balance ArticleFebruary 9, 2011

Our Future Competitiveness Hangs in the Balance

Diana Epstein examines how the main Republican plans to cut federal spending indiscriminately target some of our nation’s most important education programs.

Feb 9, 2011

Diana Epstein

A Cut We Can’t Afford to Make ArticleJanuary 26, 2011

An AmeriCorps member plants trees with students and teachers at Leroy Anderson Elementary School in San Jose, California. AmeriCorps members serve in schools and health clinics across the country, restore the natural environment in state parks, and help communities prepare for emergencies so that damages to life and property are minimized. (Flickr/<a href=

A Cut We Can’t Afford to Make

National service programs provide critical services and enrich our communities, writes Diana Epstein. We should look elsewhere for spending cuts.

Jan 26, 2011

Diana Epstein

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