Editorial: No Child Left Behind reforms hit the sweet spot
The latest attempt to retool the outdated federal education accountability law known as No Child Left Behind is a balanced effort that retains some ...
5 Favored Topics
Arne Duncan, charter schools, Education Issues...
2 Preferred sources
Education Week, The Washington Post
Video: Duncan: 'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance'
The Secretary of Education spoke with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell about the future of education policy in the U.S. and the school protests in ...
"Classroom of the Future may be Digital, Says Education Secretary"
From youthtoday.org
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 ...
Is the Tea Party Right About the Common Core?
Yesterday's Washington Post carried a banner story about growing Tea Party opposition to the Common Core. We learn that across the country, Tea Party ...
Mich. to offer preschool to more poor children
Updated 1:39 am, Saturday, June 1, 2013 An influx of up to $65 million — a nearly 60 percent bump over current funding — will help pay the full cost ...
Woodrow Wilson principal Sharon Pitts retiring after 44 years as an educator with the Vigo County School Corp.
On Wednesday, with the school year drawing to a close, Sharon Pitts stood in a hallway of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, supervising students in a ...
WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT OF TOWN (AGAIN), SOMETHING ACTUALLY IMPORTANT GOT DISCUSSED IN THE CAPITAL
There was so little going on in Washington on Tuesday, an important subject actually got some air time. Your elected officials are on a much ...
StudentsFirst's Michelle Rhee returns to Michigan as education reform group makes mark
StudentsFirst founder Michelle Rhee will serve as a keynote speaker at next week's Mackinac Policy Conference, addressing business and political ...
Repairing the Conservative School Reform Coalition
For nearly 30 years—at least since Bill Bennett’s tenure as secretary of education and Lamar Alexander’s as governor of Tennessee—education-minded ...