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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Three Additional States Granted NCLB Waivers, Brings Total to 37
Three additional states have been approved for waivers from some of the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act, US Secretary of Education Arne ...
Arne Duncan Signals Worry Over Student Debt Levels
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday expressed concern at record student debt levels, signaling growing worry within the Obama ...
Letter to Obama: We need data on 'highly qualified' teachers
Should students still learning how to be teachers be considered "highly qualified teachers"? Should new college graduates with only five weeks of ...
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.
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) ...
AM News: Teacher Training Programs Face National Scrutiny
Florida Plans Increased Scrutiny For Education Schools StateImpact: Nationally, education schools have been criticized for being far too easy and, as ...
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 ...
Grading teachers: How valuable is student data?
Reformers and a teachers union leader offering competing views.
Obama's big second-term education problem
President Obama has a big problem in his second term in terms of education policy: his first term. Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, ...