Posts Tagged 'Ed Reform Organizations'

Introducing the new director of Brookings’s Brown Center

Mike Petrilli

Alexander Russo reported earlier today that Institute for Education Sciences director Russ Whitehurst is heading to Brookings. That’s true—I hear that he is replacing Tom Loveless as the director of the  Brown Center on Education Policy. Loveless has been trying to find his successor for the better part of two years now; it looks like it’s finally happened. (Loveless will remain a scholar at Brookings, too, I understand.)

Donald Duck and dropout rates

Liam Julian

Speaking of Florida, former Governor Jeb Bush is convening at Disney World today his Excellence in Action education summit. (Aside: For more on past summits of a different sort, read this fine piece from the Weekly Standard.) Ron Matus at the St. Pete Times evaluates how Florida’s education reforms are perceived throughout the country.