Topic: Arne Duncan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many poor public schools do not pay teachers and educators as much as wealthier schools just a few miles away, according to a survey of 13,000 school districts the U.S. Department of Education released on Wednesday.The department found that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would overhaul the controversial U.S. education law known as No Child Left Behind cleared a major hurdle on Monday when Senate leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on the bill.The law, which went into effect in 2002, has ...
Federal law sets an unrealistic measure of success for the nation's schoolsSince its passage more than a decade ago, the federal No Child Left Behind Act has frustrated educators across the nation. In its attempt to raise educational achievement, it made success ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration will provide qualifying states waivers from No Child Left Behind after Congressional inaction on reforming the program, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes and Education Secretary Arne Duncan said on Monday.President Barack Obama had called ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will provide qualifying states a waiver from No Child Left Behind after Congressional inaction on reforming the program, the Department of Education said on Monday.President Barack Obama had called for reform to the federal education law ...
Is $8.6 billion too much to spend on an education program that doesn't help kids?Every year, American schools pay more than $8.6 billion in bonuses to teachers with master's degrees, even though the idea that a higher degree makes a teacher more ...
Nation's high school seniors make some improvement in math, remain below '92 levels in readingA national education assessment released Thursday shows that high school seniors have made some improvement in reading, but remain below the achievement levels reached nearly two decades ago.The ...
Technology advised for learning, teaching and assessment. The next advances in educational achievement would likely be made because of devices and software for each student and educator along with continuous Internet access, open-source tools, interoperability and cloud computing, according to the final ...
With divided Congress, tough road ahead for education reformThe Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the ...
I am losing faith in " I had a lot of confidence that Arne Duncan would clean house and sow the seeds for some real gains in education. While Duncan and Co certainly push changes in the education system, these changes are ...
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