Jo Anderson, senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, will discuss President’s Obama’s blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the role of leadership in education reform during a panel discussion at ….. An Interview with Jamey Fitzpatrick: Michigan Virtual University – 5.22.10 – Michael F

Ms. Patrick cited Boise State and Michigan State Universities as two institutions whose colleges of education emphasize online learning.

said U-M graduate student Evangeline Harvey, who is graduating this spring with a master’s in education . “I have a feeling that that’s one of his reasons for doing this.” The content and tone of Obama’s speech won’t be clear for months

Mark Bielang, the superintendent of the 2300-student Paw Paw school system in Michigan , said that injecting such an as-yet-undefined standard of college and career readiness could prove vexing, given how many different skill sets are … In seeking to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Obama administration is trying to significantly revamp the accountability system at the heart of the law’s current version, the 8-year-old No Child Left Behind Act

The Obama administration’s budget proposal for 2011 contains sweeping changes to funding for primary and secondary education . New rules would radically alter the guidelines for the distribution of funding to schools with high …. In line with a bill passed by the Michigan state legislature, the contract also opens the way for the expansion of “priority schools”—i.e., charter schools

Bill Ballenger, editor and publisher of Inside Michigan Politics and a former Central Michigan University Griffin Endowed Chair, said he would be surprised if Obama does not spend the bulk of the address on job creation and reducing …