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 ...
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 ...
Education secretary defends accountability but wants changes in No Child Left Behind The Obama administration is committed to the school accountability at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law championed by former President George W. Bush but also wants to ...
Aldine Independent School District employees Sandra Abundis, left, Richard Blair, center, and Bettie Stubblefield react to winning the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009 in Houston. The Houston school district will receive $1 million in college scholarships for ...
Houston-area school district wins $1 million Broad Prize; money will go to scholarships A Houston-area school district where 84 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch on Wednesday won the nation's top prize in public education, winning $1 million for ...
States race to reform education policies in competition to qualify for federal stimulus funds Three cash-strapped states may find themselves left at the starting line in the competition for more than $4 billion in education stimulus funding if they don't amend laws ...
Some would have to make aggressive changes to qualify for money At first blush it looks like a boon for the Clark County School District: The U.S. Education Department is offering tens of millions of dollars that could potentially be used to ...
