America's Teacher Training Programs Aren't Good Enough
A report out today from the National Council on Teacher Quality rates more than 1,100 elementary and secondary programs at just over 600 institutions ...
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UNCF Ad Campaign Calls for More Investment in African-American Ed
To emphasize the focus of its new campaign, the United Negro College Fund has somewhat altered its famous tagline. The mind is no longer just a ...
Teacher Training's Low Grade
U.S. colleges of education are an "industry of mediocrity" that churns out teachers ill-prepared to work in elementary and high-school classrooms, ...
LEAD Commission Releases Five-Point Blueprint to Expand Digital Learning in K-12 Education
The bipartisan LEAD Commission recently released a five-point blueprint recommending a national initiative to expand digital learning in K-12 ...
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.
Are MOOCs Soon to Be Obama Administration Policy?
Well, this is disturbing to anyone who cares about the future of higher education: On Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the online ...
Coursera Unveils Plans With Universities; Arne Duncan Responds
Coursera said it has reached an agreement with 10 public universities and higher education systems to create new options for using "massively open ...
Sequester hits work-study funds -- and impacts this family
The sequester has hit home for me. We've joined the 37 percent of Americans who said in an ABC News/Washington Post poll earlier this month that ...
Minnesota Governor Earns Proficient Score in Reform Industry Studies, is making Adequate Yearly Progress
We have a crisis in US education. Many of our most prominent school reform industry leaders and politicians are not proficient in basic critical ...
Obama, Biden, celebrities and politicians talk mental health and its impact on students
College health officials can't go a day without discussing mental health, but President Obama tried to accelerate a national discussion about it at a ...