by Tanner Howard | Feb 11, 2015 | Education
By Tanner Howard WASHINGTON – Hoping to replace the No Child Left Behind law, House Republicans advanced legislation out of committee Wednesday reining in the federal government’s role in education as members once again sought to write legislation replacing the 2001...
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 We think obviously much of it is outdated,” Duncan said at the winter meeting...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 Megan Neunan | Mar 14, 2012 | Education
WASHINTON – Esther Owolabi was in the seventh grade when her dad, a veteran Chicago schools teacher, repeated his principal’s comment from a faculty meeting: “Not all of these kids can be Barack Obama, not all these kids can be president. You need some cab...
by James Arkin | Feb 22, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — In his time as a student teacher at a struggling Cincinnati public school, Jacob Towner led one class where his 16 students kept the peace and showed promise in the classroom. Then, Towner had to combine that group with another...
by James Arkin | Feb 16, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON –The No Child Left Behind education law that was a hallmark of the Bush administration has been due for a five-year renewal since 2007, but Congress, mired in partisan battles over education policy, has only been able to muster support for annual renewals....
