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Cusick, Philip A. – Theory Into Practice, 2014
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Race to the Top (RTTT) are part of a widely heralded and visible change effort, providing a powerful force--replete with evidence, logic, money, and voice--that is changing public schooling away from locally run and state-subsidized, into a federal-state-controlled enterprise. The article begins by situating the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Educational History
Duffrin, Elizabeth – District Administration, 2011
As the profession of teaching continues to get more attention given recent events, a growing number of school districts from New York to California are adopting "value-added" measures of teaching quality to award bonuses or even tenure. And two competitive federal grants are spurring them on. The Teacher Incentive Fund has awarded 95…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Researchers, Grants