Federal

From U.S. News: Schooling the GOP Candidates

Photo Credit: Theresa Thompson by Gerard Robinson Here’s what education activist Campbell Brown should ask the 2016 GOP hopefuls. Read…

11 years ago

From CBS News: Fact-checking the first GOP debate: Education

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush again defended his support of the Common Core education standards, which are deeply unpopular within…

11 years ago

Post: Duncan wants more accountability in higher education. Easier said than done.

Photo Credit: Medill DC by Nick Anderson Education Secretary Arne Duncan delivered this week a dual message on accountability in…

11 years ago

From NPR: How The Big New Education Law Could Cut Testing Time

by Anya Kamenetz Both houses of Congress have now passed versions of the bill that would update the largest federal…

11 years ago

U.S. News: Senate approves No Child Left Behind overhaul

Photo credit: Tim Evanson by Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a decade after No Child…

11 years ago

NY Times: Lawmakers Move to Limit Government’s Role in Education

by Jennifer Steinhauer and Motoko Rich WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday moved to substantially scale back the federal government’s role…

11 years ago

From Education Week: Senate Braced for Lengthy Debate on ESEA

by Lauren Camera After weeks of letting it languish in the legislative queue, the U.S. Senate this week is slated…

11 years ago

From U.S. News: Bridging the Democratic Divide

Could Hillary Clinton bring together a party splintered over education policy? by Allie Bidwell Outside of local elections, education policy…

11 years ago

Forbes: Carly Florina On Education: 6 Things the Presidential Candidate Wants You to Know

by Maureen Sullivan Carly Fiorina, the former CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard, today announced her run for the 2016 Republican…

11 years ago

From U.S. News: No Child Left Behind Rewrite Heads to Senate Floor

by Allie Bidwell Clearing its first big hurdle, a bipartisan bill to overhaul the long-outdated No Child Left Behind Act…

11 years ago