With a new federal law, the nation’s education landscape is getting an overhaul and advocates say they expect the changes…
With his signature Thursday, President Barack Obama is setting the nation’s public schools on a sweeping new course of accountability…
Hear that collective whoop from the Capitol? That’s the sound of education advocates and lawmakers cheering at the finish line…
By Dian Schaffhauser In a shift away from policies enacted with NCLB, Congress' latest rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary…
By Enmarie Huetteman and Motoko Rich WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday approved a sweeping bill to revise the contentious…
By Mary Troyan WASHINGTON — States would set and enforce their own K-12 academic standards under a massive, bipartisan rewrite…
By Lyndsey Layton Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is opposed to using student test scores as a way to judge…
By Lyndsey Layton and Emma Brown A national program that pumped a record $7 billion into failing schools — and…
The Department of Education unveiled a slate of executive actions it’s taking to beef up accountability in the higher education…
Ben Carson outlines plans to reform the Education Department, proposing it investigate political bias in colleges if elected president in…