Mary C. Breaden
September 2, 2008
Georgia’s education system could certainly use a break from some of its critics, especially after a summer’s worth of mandatory classes for 82,000 students in grades 5 and 9 who failed controversial assessment exams last school year.
August 22, 2008
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, aghast at the $1.2 million that was spent to send more than 600 Hawaiian educators to the Model Schools Conference in Florida, is cracking down on what she considers excessive spending in the state Department of Education.
June 9, 2008
Criticism came from state officials after a longtime New Jersey superintendent received a $500,000 retirement package.
