Duncan Road Tests General Election Speech to "Mom Congress"
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan road-tested the administration's general election arguments on education Monday, in a speech before the "Mom Congress." Read Full Post >
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Return of the Friday Reading List: Obama, Romney, and Algebra
Welcome back to the Friday reading list. If you haven't already, check out these good reads. Read Full Post >
April 24, 2012
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Common Core
Is right here in this must-read Education Week special report. Read Full Post >
April 19, 2012
'Secret Meeting' in South Carolina Held to Quash ESEA Waiver
South Carolina Superintendent Mick Zais said he walked into a meeting he wasn't invited to where U.S. Rep. James Clyburn and former South Carolina Governor Richard Riley were at work convincing Education Secretary Arne Duncan not to approved the state's waiver. Read Full Post >
April 11, 2012
GAO Criticizes Ed. Dept. On School Improvement Grant Program
ED needs to do a better job of making sure that the performance of contractors hired through the School Improvement Grant program is reviewed, and of making sure states have the information they need to make grant renewal decisions. Read Full Post >
March 28, 2012
Duncan Defends Waivers, Competitive Grants to Congress
The clash between the Obama administration's support for Race to the Top and other grant programs, and folks in Congress who want bigger investments in funding for special education and disadvantaged students, is not going away anytime soon. Read Full Post >
March 26, 2012
State Chiefs to Duncan: Don't 'Undermine' Us With District Waivers
State education chiefs told U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan they oppose the idea of federal officials bypassing states and working directly with districts on No Child Left Behind Act flexibility. Read Full Post >
March 26, 2012
Ed. Dept. to Split Race to Top Money Between Districts, Early Ed.
The U.S. Department of Education will use $550 million to run two Race to the Top competitions, but important details are still to be worked out. Read Full Post >
March 19, 2012
Early SIG Data Looks Promising, Duncan Says
The department has begun crunching data for about 700 of the roughly 850 schools that entered the program back in the 2010-11 school year. Read Full Post >
February 14, 2012
Duncan Champions New Teacher Quality Fund
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to pump up the administration's proposal for a brand new $5 billion competitive grant program to get states and districts to work with teachers, unions, education schools and others to totally retool the teaching profession. Read Full Post >
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