Federal

Disability Scoop: Education Law Tightens Testing Cap For Students With Disabilities

With a new federal law, the nation’s education landscape is getting an overhaul and advocates say they expect the changes…

10 years ago

NBC News: Obama Signs Education Law Rewrite; Power Shifts to States

With his signature Thursday, President Barack Obama is setting the nation’s public schools on a sweeping new course of accountability…

10 years ago

Education Week: ESEA Rewrite Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk

Hear that collective whoop from the Capitol? That’s the sound of education advocates and lawmakers cheering at the finish line…

10 years ago

THE Journal: Blended Learning, Professional Development Make Gains in ESEA Overhaul

By Dian Schaffhauser In a shift away from policies enacted with NCLB, Congress' latest rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary…

10 years ago

NYT: House Restores Local Education Control in Revising No Child Left Behind

By Enmarie Huetteman and Motoko Rich WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping bill to revise the contentious…

10 years ago

From USA Today: Major rewrite of education law clears crucial hurdle

By Mary Troyan WASHINGTON — States would set and enforce their own K-12 academic standards under a massive, bipartisan rewrite…

10 years ago

Clinton says ‘no evidence’ that teachers can be judged by student test scores

By Lyndsey Layton Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is opposed to using student test scores as a way to judge…

10 years ago

Post: Feds spent $7 billion to fix failing schools, with mixed results

By Lyndsey Layton and Emma Brown A national program that pumped a record $7 billion into failing schools — and…

10 years ago

U.S. News & World Report: Education Department Beefs Up Accreditation

The Department of Education unveiled a slate of executive actions it’s taking to beef up accountability in the higher education…

10 years ago

U.S. News & World Report: Ben Carson’s Plan for the Education Department

Ben Carson outlines plans to reform the Education Department, proposing it investigate political bias in colleges if elected president in…

10 years ago