Five Takeaways From the Education Department's NCLB Waiver About-Face
For better or for worse, the U.S. Department of Education is making it far simpler for states to get a No Child Left Behind Act waiver extension.
Hill Lawmakers Wrangle Over Health-Care Law's Costs to Schools, Colleges
A hearing at the House Education and the Workforce Committee exposed familiar rifts among federal lawmakers over the measure's costs and overall goals.
Education Department to Scale Back Key Waiver-Renewal Mandates
States seeking extended NCLB flexibility no longer would have to come up with plans to assure that poor and minority students have equal access to effective teachers, Politics K-12 has learned.
House and Senate Preschool Bills: A Guide to the Latest Proposal
Despite bipartisan backing, a pre-K measure that would cost more than $30 billion in federal funds over its first five years faces big hurdles in a Congress consumed with budget cutting.
Education, Public Safety, Health Advocates Fight Sequester Cuts
Education advocates continue to see the next few weeks as a crucial crunch-time when it comes to putting an end to the 5 percent sequestration cuts.
Draft Preschool Bill Follows Obama Proposal, With Some Changes
A draft of the legislation that's been widely distributed among education advocates shows that Harkin, and Miller are largely following the president's proposal.
A Very Early Edu-Look at the 2014 Midterm Elections
So now that Election Day 2013 is behind us, we can all turn our attention to ... Election Day 2014! After all, it's only a year away.
25 New i3 Winners to Split $135 Million
For the second year, the U.S. Department of Education decided not to award any large "scale-up" grants for the Investing in Innovation contest.
Transparency Watch: NAEP Governing Board's Puzzling Media Access Policy
The board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress is refusing to disclose its media policy on who does, and does not, get early access to test data.
House Democrats to Field Bipartisan Preschool Bill
Congress can't seem to do anything bipartisan these days, but a forthcoming preschool bill by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and Rep. Richard Hanna, R-N.Y., will be a key exception.
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