The president's budget proposal would use a new tax on tobacco products to expand federal aid for preschool programs and for a new competitive-grant program for high school overhaul.

Schools would be encouraged to expand the use of positive behavior support services, and take other steps to help address students' mental health under bipartisan bill.

Guest post by Nirvi Shah So which of the Head Start providers on a watch list by the federal government didn't make the cut during the first attempt at accountability for the decades-old pre-K program? It's hard to say. And the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services won't, either. Last week, my colleague Christina Samuels wrote on the Early Years blog that 25 of 125 low-performing Head Start providers that went through a recompetition process to maintain federal funding lost money to serve the regions they have been serving for years, in many cases. Though HHS's Head Start ...

How specific will the administration's fiscal year 2014 budget be when it comes to new programs on prekindergarten and high school improvement?

The administration reportedly proposes covering at least part of the prekindergarten expansion by raising federal taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Organizers of Occupy DOE 2.0 inveighed against high-stakes testing and the "dismantling of public education" as they gathered to protest in Washington.

Key parts of the U.S. Department of Education's website have been down after federal officials detected "suspicious activity" on Friday and moved to "protect the integrity of the site."

Second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become very interested in K-12, especially school choice.

School districts would be able to tap into grants to help upgrade their safety infrastructure.

The deadline to submit a pre-application to the U.S. Department of Education for a $3 million i3 development award is April 26.