




Fed DOE should: 1) monitor transparency in school spending & performance, 2) enforce Constutional protections/civil rights laws protecting disabled/low-income kids, etc 3) support basic *non-market-driven* research, and 4) provide voluntary, competitive grants that support open-ended innovation (not like Race to the Top’s string-laden funds).
How to Rescue Education Reform
www.nytimes.com
A coherent vision for federal education policy starts not by micromanaging schools, but by focusing on the four functions Washington alone can perform.




