by Preston R. Michelson | Jan 21, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the nation’s mayors, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan continued his call for an overhaul of the “No Child Left Behind” law on Wednesday. “We would love to fix it. We think obviously much of it is outdated,” Duncan said at the winter meeting...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama focused on increasing Americans’ access to community college in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, expanding on the conventional view of public universal education as a K-12 process. “We still live in a country...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 20, 2015 | Education, State of the Union
WASHINGTON — Startling new research shows that 51 percent of students in American public schools came from low-income families as of 2013, a growth of nearly 25 percent over the previous 30 years. The numbers, compiled by the Southern Education Foundation, a...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 13, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Beginning with the social reformers of the early 20th century, advocates for educational attainment have pointed toward a high school degree as a goal for which every child in American society should strive. Now, new proposals from the White House...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 13, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — The new Congress will take up legislation this year to make higher education more affordable, especially for working parents striving for a college degree, Sen. Mike Lee told a conservative-leaning think tank Tuesday. Lee, R-Utah, said policy-makers...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 12, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced legislation Monday that would restrict how companies use information they collect from students who use the firms’ online educational tools and resources. The president’s Student Digital Privacy Act is modeled after a...
by Tanner Howard | Jan 12, 2015 | Education
Washington – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced plans Monday for a significant change in the No Child Left Behind, the federal government’s landmark 2002 education law. Duncan, in an address at an elementary School, framed the No Child Left Behind debate as...
by Joshua Rosenblat | Jan 7, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Gathered with constituents, Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Joe Donnelly reintroduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would change a provision in the Affordable Care Act that they say hampers higher education. The Forty Hours Is Full Time Act aims...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Key child care legislation has passed the Senate, but still must win approval in the U.S. House. If the bill makes it to President Barack Obama’s desk, it will mark a significant step in efforts to improve early childhood education and child care...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 18, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Pushed by the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission and private groups are working together to bring speedier Internet access to public schools across the country. In June 2013, President Barack Obama announced his ConnectED...
