TIME.com -- If the eagerness to demonstrate some bipartisanship on education turns into a stampede, it’s not hard to see common ground between what Republican governors, Republican leaders in Washington, and the Obama Administration want — and that means a lot less accountability ...

TIME.com -- As President Obama gets ready to put the debate about how to reform No Child Left Behind on the front burner, the GOP candidates can’t avoid education forever. As some start to drop hints about what their education plans might look like, here’s a handicapper’s guide to the leading contenders and their views — and record — on education.

Innovation isn’t solely the responsibility of those who supply it – the entrepreneurs who come up with new solutions and the investors and policymakers whose funds support them. It’s also reliant on the demand for it. In this paper, co-authors Kim Smith and Julie Petersen examine the demand for innovation by educator and student users, school and district buyers, policymakers, and others who provide funding for educational goods and services, like foundations and even parents. Strengthening, sharpening, and “smartening” the way these buyers and users find and implement innovation can make a big difference in bringing more productive, effective teaching and learning approaches to the kids and schools that need it.

TIME.com -- As a new school year begins, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan plans to use waivers to rewrite parts of the nation’s signature federal education law, whose reauthorization has been stalled in Congress.