Findings released by a left-leaning think tank today demonstrate minority students will soon out-number whites, but a dearth of minority instructors is holding back students of color who could benefit from teachers with similar backgrounds. More…
Though expected by Senate watchers to be a sideshow and forum for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to voice his criticism of the nation’s top education bill, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing today instead crystallized key provisions of the legislation meant to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB). More…
The campaign of Board of Elementary and Secondary Education candidate Chas Roemer returned a $10,000 check to a Political Action Committee one day after The American Independent first reported More… the incumbent possibly violated state campaign finance rules.
With a steady stream of research pointing to the value of early education instruction and funding, the Department of Education announced today the creation of a new office that will oversee the department’s early learning programs. More…
The unemployment rate dropped slightly for the month of October to 9 percent, according to the U.S. Labor Department. More…
More…Incumbent Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) candidate Chas Roemer appears to have violated state campaign law by accepting a $20,000 donation from a pro-business Political Action Committee.
A new report published More… by two conservative think tanks argues the cognitive ability of teachers is on average lower than private sector workers with similar education backgrounds.
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Of the 13 sixth-grade girls asked to explain why they want to take part in an Alexandria, Virginia-based after-school program called SOHO, Katherine Ivette Cuellar Moreno was the only one who typed her response. The rest were hand-written, and one was submitted in pencil.
A conference call with reporters today revealed more details about the Obama administration’s plan to roll out a program for student debt relief.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Duncan, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes and Raj Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the More…
States are making strides in teacher evaluation systems, a report from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds. More…
A fund called The Michael R. Bloomberg Revocable Trust, of which the principal trustee is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, donated More… $100,000 to a Baton Rouge-based political action committee just days before a pivotal Louisiana election that decided the make-up of the state’s main K-12 board of education.
