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An infographic from Theodora Chang and Isabel Owen takes a look at waivers to the No Child Left Behind Act.
Jeremy Ayers and Isabel Owen, with the help of Glenda Partee and Theodora Chang, outline themes across state applications to waive certain parts of No Child Left Behind, and offer recommendations for states and the Department of Education for the future.
Isabel Owen looks at state plans to increase learning time and how states aim to use the additional time well.
States granted a waiver from the administration under No Child Left Behind should take advantage of the option to use funding to expand learning time, argues Isabel Owen.
Isabel Owen and Daniel Lautzenheiser on the increasingly heavy burdens of chief state school officers in Education Week.
Cynthia G. Brown, Frederick M. Hess, Daniel K. Lautzenheiser, and Isabel Owen examine state education agencies and recommend ways for these agencies to help public schools better serve our children.
Students need more time in school to prepare for college and careers in an increasingly competitive global economy, and a new bill will help them get it, writes Isabel Owen.
Isabel Owen examines two schoolwide reform models that challenge the rigid boundaries of the conventional school model in order to close the achievement gap.
Report from Melissa Lazarin and Isabel Owen examines three collaborations between unions and school districts to expand learning time.