Gates Foundation commits $335M for teacher quality experiments in 4 states, national research Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have ...
Carrots and sticks: Obama uses stimulus money to prompt schools to undertake his initiatives Pushing for a link between student test scores and ...
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 ...
President Barack Obama visits the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, La., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
President Barack Obama visits the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, La., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Copyright 2009 AP News
AP Interview: Education secretary reminds states that extra school dollars are for reform With states jockeying for extra school dollars from the economic stimulus, Education Secretary Arne Duncan reminded them Tuesday the point is to help kids do better. Cash-strapped states are ...
At two schools, some can no longer play key roles The economy is taking different tolls on a pair of Las Vegas charter schools. In one case, enrollment is down because financially struggling parents can no longer afford to drive their children ...
