by Ellen Garrison | Mar 10, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday asked schools to teach young Americans about financial literacy, saying too many Millennials don’t know how to make good financial decisions. At a public meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 5, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON— States are making progress in improving academic standards, student outcomes and teacher effectiveness, but are still moving too slowing, according to national studies on state education policy. Education Week magazine, the National Council on Teacher...
by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 4, 2014 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — Speaking at a District of Columbia elementary school, President Barack Obama Tuesday proposed a $68.6 billion education budget that would devote significant new funds to universal preschool access and other programs aimed at educational equity for...
by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 26, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Early childhood education programs in Native American communities need to expand child care and improve mental health services, members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee said Wednesday. At an oversight hearing, Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., told Lisa...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 24, 2014 | Education, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Dayana Torres doesn’t like preaching to the choir. The 19-year-old president of Dreamers of Virginia, Torres is one of the leaders of an effort to allow undocumented immigrants who live in Virginia to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 24, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education will release new guidelines Tuesday that will help protect student privacy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday. “We must provide our schools, teacher and students with cutting edge learning tools,” Duncan said at a...
by Jeanne Kuang | Feb 12, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — A bill introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Wednesday would prohibit disciplinary and safety practices in schools that result in children being locked alone in rooms or physically restrained, practices the Senate education committee says happen...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 11, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – The latest incursion of technology into classrooms will hit in the fall when some schools start using online assessment systems to track student progress in meeting the new common care standards. In spring, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 6, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON- A Senate leader said Thursday his committee plans action on an early childhood bill before the Memorial Day recess. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is examining early education programs in what Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, described...
by Jonathan Palmer | Feb 5, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON- A government investigative agency released a report Wednesday that was critical of the organization and effectiveness of current early childhood education and care programs. The Government Accountability Office report, “Early Learning and Childhood Care,...
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 29, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — More transparency is needed in the college accreditation system in order to boost student success and higher education affordability, Sen. Tom Harkin said to a group of accreditors Wednesday morning as part of his effort to improve affordability in his...
by Ellen Garrison | Jan 29, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — Yellow scarves emblazoned with the logo, “National Charter School Week,” circled everyone’s neck at the “Put Kids First” rally at Friendship Chamberlin Elementary’s gymnasium on Wednesday. Speakers included House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and...
