Union seeks to change law keeping test scores out of evaluations CARSON CITY The state teachers union has done an about-face and is ...
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison unveils education initiatives she'll implement if elected governor U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, ...
By putting off special session, Gibbons displays utter lack of leadership on education Gibbons has refused to call a special session just to change the law, noting that it would cost roughly $100,000. That is foolish. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced a ...
Clifford Adelman, Senior associate with the Institute for Higher Education Policy is seen in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Copyright 2009 AP News
Obama uses stimulus money to coax states to embrace his school agenda One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school ...
Education Department said Massachusetts did not break stimulus rules The Education Department is reassuring the state of Massachusetts it does not agree with an internal watchdog who suggested the state was using economic stimulus money improperly. The department's inspector general had singled ...
Report says states set low student achievement bar, bolsters Obama on common standards Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the Education Department reported Thursday. The agency compared state achievement standards to the ...
Nevada has the chance to qualify for as much as $200Êmillion in federal education grants. But to do so, the Legislature will have to change state law in a hurry. That would require a special legislative session that carries at least a ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Gates Foundation shares Obama education goals, works to sway US spending The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform ...
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan listens to fourth graders read at Delaplaine McDaniel Elementary School in Philadelphia, as part a "listening and learning" tour to find out what school strategies are working and why. Duncan ...
Theodore Sizer, a leading education reformer and former Ivy League educator, dies at age 77 Theodore Ryland Sizer, a passionate leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments and progressive high schools, has died after a long battle with colon ...
Clark County schools weighing whether empowerment schools should consider campusesÕ Ôat-riskÕ factors in awarding bonuses. The notion of holding teachers accountable for their classroom performance and paying them bonuses for a job well done is gaining support across the country. But what ...
