Bruno V. Manno

1 week ago | forbes.com | Bruno V. Manno

The Rise Of “The Micro-Credential Generation”Students with a mentor learning how to protype a device as they prepare for a micro-credential ... More assessment. gettyA quiet shift is underway in K-12 education that is democratizing the types of credentials awarded to students and educators. Increasingly, K-12 is using micro-credentials to verify and document what students and educators know and can do when assessed on particular learning outcomes. The effect is potentially profound.

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Bruno V. Manno

“Microschools aren’t so micro anymore,” writes Linda Jacobson in The 74. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the growth of these K-12 learning models. They became a refuge for families facing school closures and challenges with remote learning. Their expansion is another important development in America’s K-12 education choice landscape. What Are Microschools? Microschools are often described as today’s version of the one-room schoolhouse. They typically consist of small, mixed-age student groups.

1 month ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Frederick M. Hess |Anna Low |Bruno V. Manno

Report American Enterprise Institute Course Correction: Rebuilding the Federal Student Loan System After Biden’s Mismanagement Report American Enterprise Institute Sketching a New Conservative Education Agenda Report American Enterprise Institute The Growth of Earn-and-Learn Apprenticeship Degrees: Expanding America’s Mobility and Opportunity Structure Report Policy Review and Outlook: Revisiting the Federal School Choice Agenda Report American Enterprise Institute Many Children Left Behind:...

1 month ago | forbes.com | Bruno V. Manno

Observing National Teacher Appreciation Week America’s K-12 teachers have experienced a notable upswing in morale but have serious concerns about K-12 schools. That’s the central message about what teachers are thinking from two polls of public school teachers from Education Week and the Pew Research Center and one poll of public and private school teachers from EdChoice/Morning Consult. These one-point-in-time snapshots help us understand teachers’ views of their profession and K-12 education.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Bruno V. Manno

Celebrating National Charter School Week – May 11 to 17“The federal Charter Schools Program has turned out to be one of the larger and more successful examples of government-supported research and development in the K-12 realm, in ways that have fostered considerable innovation,” writes K-12 policy expert Chester E. Finn, Jr. This year’s National Charter School Week celebrates the 30th anniversary of that Program’s first funding awards to charter schools in 1995.