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Commentary
From STEM to ST2REAM
Students learn best with a curriculum that reaches across many disciplines, including the sciences and the humanities, writes Kenneth Wesson.
October 23, 2012 - Education Week
K-12 Cuts Loom as Deficit Deal Eludes Congress
Education aid would fall by $3.5 billion in 2013 under one scenario requiring across-the-board cuts to government.
December 1, 2011 - Education Week
Focus On: Poverty
New Census Measure Shifts the Face of Poverty
A new supplemental poverty measure finds fewer children, more senior citizens, qualify as poor.
November 15, 2011 - Education Week
Focus On: Electoral Politics
Federal K-12 Funding Muddies Electoral Waters
State-level candidates worry about the federal fiscal role, while acknowledging such aid helps prop up budgets and secure jobs.
September 17, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
K-12 Policy Shifts Loom in GOP Surge
Republicans running hard to take Congress are wary of an expanded federal role in education—and unlikely to back big, new spending.
September 16, 2010 | Updated: April 3, 2012 - Education Week
Jobs Money Flowing, but Not Smoothly
Texas saw its $830 million request rejected by the Department of Education, and charter school advocates are dismayed that some may have trouble tapping the $10 billion layoff-prevention fund.
September 10, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Race to Top Winners Embed STEM Projects in Plans
The winning states proposed in their applications a variety of ways to improve science, technology, engineering, and math in schools.
September 9, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Some i3 Winners Still Scrambling for Grant Match
Just days before the deadline, some in line for federal innovation grants still must find the private funds needed to secure their money.
September 2, 2010 - Education Week
Fewer Americans Back Obama’s Education Programs
In the latest PDK/Gallup poll, just a third of Americans gave the President an A or B for his efforts to improve the nation's schools.
August 25, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Race to Top Winners Rejoice, Losers Parse Scores
The nine states and the District of Columbia will share $3.4 billion in Round Two of the federal competition, a cash infusion intended to fuel bold education reforms.
August 24, 2010 - Education Week

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