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...
by Jonathan Palmer | Jan 28, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday night to provide money to states for early childhood education while asking Congress to make pre-K education available to every 4-year-old in America. “As Congress decides what it’s going to do, I’m going to pull...
by Jonathan Palmer | Jan 22, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – Increased access to early childhood education, improved workforce readiness and closing the socioeconomic achievement gap in education are top goals for 2014, a group of mayors from across the nation said Wednesday. At the winter meeting of the U.S....
by Jonathan Palmer | Jan 15, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama hosted groups advocating for more college opportunity for disadvantaged youth as well as high school educators in an event at the White House Wednesday focused on helping students in under-served communities get to college....
by Jeanne Kuang | Jan 14, 2014 | Education
WASHINGTON – House Republicans harshly criticized the Department of Agriculture and the Obama administration Tuesday for retroactively imposing mandatory across-the-board federal budget cuts on funding for rural schools. “I expect answers from our witness today and...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Jan 8, 2014 | Business, Education
WASHINGTON — The United States’ disappointing education system is a major cause of unemployment and decline in American economy, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue said in a speech Wednesday. “It’s a disgrace that our country has...
by Audrey Cheng | Mar 11, 2013 | Education
WASHINGTON — Grace Tien struggles daily with teaching social studies to Baltimore 2nd graders in an environment she describes as violent and depressing. But her year as a Teach for America corps member in one of the country’s worst school districts is also...
