For decades, the term «accountability» primarily referred,
in education policy circles, to government regulations intended to ensure quality.
In
education policy circles, the «charter schools are a plan by ultra-conservatives to privatize the public school system» is a conspiracy theory that is quite popular.
Weber also writes on education for popular media at outlets including The Washington Post and The Progressive; his blog, «Jersey Jazzman,» is widely known in
education policy circles.
«College and career readiness» has become a ubiquitous phrase in
education policy circles.
There continues to be a growing belief in
education policy circles that neither the ESEA reauthorization nor the fiscal year 2011 education appropriations bill (Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education) will be completed before the end of 2010.
In recent years, «education reform» has become a buzzword in
education policy circles that is offered up as the prescription to a failed public school system.