Think education research has a tendency to get politicized now? Congress is debating ways to increase its own control over the National Science Foundation's peer review process, a move that could put a serious chill on the study of controversial education and other public interest topics. Read Full Post >
A proposed change to ESEA would allow money set aside for teacher and principal training to be used specifically for social and emotional learning programs. Read Full Post >
The district cannot pay its employees and doesn't expect to be able to for the rest of the school year. Read Full Post >
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics looks at funding and expenditures for schools across the nation. Read Full Post >
The budget increase would have provided nearly $1 million to hire additional police officers who would have been stationed at each of the district's seven schools. Read Full Post >
Philadelphia's schools brace for possible "doomsday" budget cuts. Read Full Post >
Billions of dollars could be saved if certain types of obesity-prevention policies involving children were instituted, the report suggests. Read Full Post >
President Obama's new budget request calls for creating new STEM education programs, as well as a High School Redesign initiative. Read Full Post >
Ensuring teacher quality while ramping up early childhood education is key, RAND researcher says. Read Full Post >
A new study analyzes effectiveness of New York's weighted school funding scheme. Read Full Post >
