Education Department listens to (some) reason
Education Secretary Arne Duncan bowed to (some) reason Tuesday and announced that he was giving states some flexibility in regard to when they had to ...
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Education Dept. offers more time to reach goals
WASHINGTON — States can ask for another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education ...
Education Secretary Arne Duncan works to sell Obama administration’s preschool initiative
Arne Duncan woke at 5:30 a.m. in his Arlington County home, was driven to the airport and folded his 6-foot-5 frame into an aisle seat in coach.
Education Department still has vacancies in many key positions
With the president's second term now well under way, many key vacancies remain in the Obama administration's higher ed policy making team.
Schools bill to give states more control
WASHINGTON — The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast ...
AM News: Duncan's All-Out Effort on "Preschool For All"
Education Secretary Arne Duncan works to sell Obama administration’s preschool initiative Washington Post: He is reaching out to Republican ...
Morning Video: Eighteen Minutes With EdSec Duncan
Arne Duncan slams No Child Left Behind (diagnoses Congress, etc.) POLITICO
GOP slams Dems' education proposal as federal power grab
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., says Democrats' plan to reauthorize Elementary and Secondary Education Act creates "national school board" by ...
OVERNIGHT MONEY: Spending bills moving
The House Appropriations Committee will slog its way through another fiscal 2014 spending measure on Tuesday.
Jumble of education topics facing Congress
WASHINGTON — From pre-kindergarten to No Child Left Behind, from broadband-wired schools to college loans, students in every age group are suddenly ...