by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 23, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON–Education Secretary Arne Duncan pitched the administration’s 2012 education budget request to a roomful of mayors from around the nation Wednesday, emphasizing how increased funding for early childhood and adult education will address the concerns of...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Feb 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON –Educators met Wednesday to discuss how U.S. private colleges and universities can help meet President Barack Obama’s goal of once again becoming the world’s leader in the number of college graduates by 2020. “We need far more college graduates than...
by Rebecca Cohen | Feb 2, 2011 | Education
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan decried the “false choice” between career readiness and college readiness Wednesday in response to a Harvard University study that suggests high schools should steer many students toward occupational education...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Jan 18, 2011 | Education
Educators debated Tuesday whether children with disabilities do better when they are mainstreamed into the general school population or placed in special classes with individual support. Alexa Posny, Assistant U.S. Education Secretary, said while children who receive...
by Rebecca Cohen | Jan 11, 2011 | Education
By Rebecca Cohen and Allyson Byers | Medill News Service WASHINGTON — It doesn’t take a K-12 education to see how states could shrug off their budget deficits by adopting school vouchers, Patrick Byrne said Tuesday at an education forum hosted by the Cato Institute....
