Education Department gives 3 more states waivers
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore ...
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State education chiefs oppose delay in high-stakes test repercussions
A small group of state education officials is pushing back against a call by teachers unions for a moratorium on using standardized tests for ...
How to Make School Funding Fair
Shifting to statewide school funding systems would address inequities in the way education is paid for, writes Cynthia G.
Furloughs? Not Really Necessary.
From Eric Katz, at Government Executive, we learn: As recently as February, just weeks before sequestration was set to go into effect, nearly every ...
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Michigan parent to Arne Duncan: 'Our schools are at the breaking point'
Education Secretary Arne Duncan just visited Michigan where he visited schools in Detroit and the Perry Child Development Center in Ypsilanti.
Would Arne Duncan Consider Calling for Pause in Common Core Stakes?
Late last month, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten called for a moratorium on any high stakes attached to the Common Core ...
U.S. Department of Education Announces Arizona Will Receive $10.4 Million to Continue Efforts to …
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that Arizona will receive $10.4 million to continue efforts to turn around its persistently ...
Robert Maranto: Arne Duncan in the AERA Lion’s Den
by Robert Maranto, Ph.D. The ironies abounded. Education and Poverty was the theme of the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) ...
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You owe it to the Chinese. Stephen Colbert gives the 2013 Valedictory Address at the University of Virginia and tells students they don’t owe the ...
Secretary of Education to U-46: How can we help?
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan connected with a former colleague in the suburbs to take stock of how the federal agency could do its job ...