Federal education law, and competitive-grant initiatives from Washington, are catching quite a bit of heat from the two candidates seeking to be Georgia's next schools chief.
Reports on states' progress with Race to the Top plans show that states are at significantly different stages of implementing the Common Core State Standards.
Does the widespread rebuke by states of the Medicaid expansion show that states are not so easily coerced by the federal government--and its money--after all?
Rep. Phil Gingrey wants to stop the federal government "from either directly or indirectly mandating or incentivizing state and local academic standards and curricula."
Several districts in Maryland are disagreeing with the state over what their teacher evaluation plans must contain.
The Rhode Island Board of Education extended the contract of Commissioner of Education Deborah Gist by two years on June 6.
New York Commissioner of Education John King told those at a Center for American Progress event he is concerned with matching strong accountability measures and high levels of teacher and school support.
Eight states have received waivers from No Child Left Behind, the U.S. Department of Education announced May 29. Six of those states are Race to Top grant winners, and all of them have adopted the Common Core State Standards.
The Hawaii State Teachers Association voted to approve a new contract it had previously rejected that includes student academic growth as a factor in teacher evaluations. But Gov. Neil Abercrombie's position appears to be that the contract is no longer considered a valid agreement by the state.
Hawaii gets to keep its Race to the Top grant for now but remains on "high risk" status, the U.S. Department of Education told the state May 4.
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