News Briefs
The founder and chairman of the Internet shopping site Overstock.com is the new co-chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, an Indianapolis-based school choice advocacy group.
July 28, 2008
Charles E. Smith, the executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board, has announced that he will step down from that post to take a position with the Washington office of ACT, the testing service.
July 28, 2008
Although the Arizona Republican has touted his support for merit pay and school choice, education policy wonks still aren’t certain how he would handle such major issues as the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
July 15, 2008
For members of the Utah state board of education, running for re-election isn’t as simple as tossing your hat into the ring again.
June 17, 2008
Criticism came from state officials after a longtime New Jersey superintendent received a $500,000 retirement package.
June 9, 2008
Court’s refusal to hear the appeal means that the suit will go forward on a First Amendment retaliation claim.
May 20, 2008
For the first time in recent history, all of the American Federation of Teachers’ top elected leaders are women. At the National Education Association, women occupy two of the three highest posts.
August 7, 2008
Three years after the National Governors Association announced that all 50 members had agreed to standardize their states graduation rate formulas, only 16 have since adopted the standard.
July 30, 2008
As their education plans begin to crystallize, sharper differences are emerging between John McCain and Barack Obama.
July 25, 2008
Frances G. Wills, superintendent for the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, discusses how one student's act of rebellion can undermine the reasoning of a good education.
July 25, 2008
Teacher Recruiter, a free monthly e-newsletter from topschooljobs.org, provides top stories, tips, and resources for teacher recruiters as well as an employer toolbox and forum discussions about recruitment and retention issues.