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Kathleen Vail, the managing editor of the American School Board Journal

Lawrence Hardy, a senior editor at the School Board Journal, and the primary author of this year’s Education Vital Signs magazine supplement.

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A disconnect exists between what people say is important and what actually influences their votes, as can be seen by this year’s edition of Education Vital Signs. It’s easy to lose sight of facts and figures like these or overlook them in a thicket of dense statistical reports.


Teacher Quality


Ron Haskins and Susanna Loeb, authors of a Future of Children policy brief, charge that teacher certification is a “a blunt instrument that both lets poor and mediocre teachers through its screens and blocks some potentially strong teachers.”

Do you agree or disagree with Do you agree or disagree with this assessment?this assessment?


Public Opinion



No ChildLeft Behind



“While No Child Left Behind was receiving criticism from many districts for being too tough, several think tanks and media outlets were claiming the states were watering down testing standards to minimize the number of failing schools.”

- Lawrence Hardy


Question: Are the states watering down standards to make it appear schools are doing better than they are?


Legal


“School districts can still pursue diversity-related goals through various means – including appropriately designated race-conscious policies aligned with race-conscious education goals.”

- Not Black and WhiteA joint publication by

National School Boards Association

and the College Board


Finance


The 46 reporting states say revenue will grow by just 2.5 percent in fiscal 2008.

Aggregate spending is expected to grow by 5.4 percent

- State Budget and Tax Actions 2007 (preliminary report)

By the National Conference of State Legislatures


Question: Will your state budgets be tighter in 2008 than last year?


Student Achievement



EarlyChildhood



Question: Do you have a pre-k program at your school, and is it universal or just for at-risk preschoolers?


Student Health



The NextPresidentialAdministration



Please join us for the Education Vital Signs session on Monday, March 31, at the National School Boards Association annual conference in Orlando, Florida.

We’ll be discussing how the upcoming presidential election will affect national education policy for at least the next four years.

Thank you for participating in this American School Board Journal “Webinar” with Kathleen Vail, managing editor; and Lawrence Hardy, senior editor.

You can e-mail your questions and comments to [email protected]

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