Congressmen John Kline and Duncan Hunter ask the IRS to craft proposed pension rules in a way that does not prevent charter school employees from taking part in state retirement plans. Read Full Post >
School superintendents, principals, and school board members found a lot to like in a draft bill to renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Read Full Post >
The National Governor's Association wants Congress to give states lots of running room when it comes to crafting their accountability plans, according to an interim proposal outlining NGA's priorities for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Read Full Post >
States that have seen big explosions in population also would see a big jump in federal funding for teacher quality under a little noticed provision of a draft bill to renew the No Child Left Behind Act introduced by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn. Read Full Post >
Jack Jennings, who has led the Center on Education Policy since he founded it 17 years ago, is retiring Jan. 31. Read Full Post >
A top GOP lawmaker's plan for rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act amounts to a "rollback" of the law, 38 business, civil rights, and other advocacy organizations said in a letter sent to its author this week. Read Full Post >
Look for education to be one of the policy areas highlighted by President Barack Obama as he delivers his annual, nationally televised address. Read Full Post >
Education issues are supposed to be one of four main themes in President Barack Obama's state of the union speech tonight. And so a handful of educators, students, and advocates will be guests of First Lady Michelle Obama. Read Full Post >
With Republicans on the House education committee poised to release a GOP-only bill on NCLB reauthorization, the Council of Chief State School Officers is calling on House education leaders to come together on bipartisan legislation. Read Full Post >
House Republicans released a pair of bills today that would go the furthest of any proposal yet in dismantling the federal accountability at the heart of the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act. Read Full Post >
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