National

Duncan Warns Schools on Banning Gay-Straight Clubs

As a handful of school districts around the country continue to try to prevent students from forming gay-straight alliances, the U.S. Department of Education is putting schools on notice that federal law requires them to treat all student organizations the same.

June 14, 2011 - Education Week

Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement

A 10-year study by a blue-ribbon panel of scientists concludes that high-stakes testing and other accountability measures have largely failed to translate to real improvements in student achievement.

May 26, 2011 | Updated: December 13, 2011 - Education Week

Race to Top Winners Work to Balance Promises, Capacity

Some states are scaling back ambitious plans and deadlines as they implement their education-reform plans.

March 29, 2011 | Updated: December 13, 2011 - Education Week

Talk at NGA Meeting Turns to Labor, Budget Woes

Economic conditions colored discussions about education as the nation's governors gathered recently in Washington.

March 8, 2011 - Education Week

Mixed Report Card for Education Stimulus After 2 Years

Nearly $100 billion in aid saved jobs and spurred state policy overhauls, but the long-term impact remains to be seen as the recovery act reaches its second anniversary.

February 12, 2011 - Education Week

News Briefs

College Board's SAT Goes Statewide in Delaware

In a bid to raise college awareness and readiness among high school students, the state of Delaware will offer every 11th grader the chance to take the SAT college-entrance exam, free of charge, during the school day.

February 1, 2011 - Education Week

Charter Schools

Charter schools made more gains than losses in state legislatures last year, according to the latest annual ranking of state charter school laws by a Washington-based pro-charter group.

January 25, 2011 - Education Week

Educational Well-Being

A new study that attempts to measure health, education, and income as three building blocks of a good life finds the most advantaged people on its educational index are white and live in the District of Columbia.

November 16, 2010 - Education Week

Large Districts

The nation’s 100 largest school districts enrolled 22 percent of all public school students—and employed 22 percent of all public school teachers—in the 2008-09 school year.

November 9, 2010 - Education Week

Study: Districts' Recession Recovery May Take Years

School districts around the country are laying off teachers, cutting instructional programs, and eliminating student activities as they absorb the lingering effects of the economic recession, a new report says.

October 12, 2010 - Education Week

NEA Commits $40 Million, Manpower to Political Races

The National Education Association is putting its formidable get-out-the-vote and campaigning efforts into 14 U.S. Senate races and 77 U.S. House of Representatives races this fall.

October 12, 2010 - Education Week

More News Briefs

States Expected to Seek Special Ed. Funding Waivers

The federal government is bracing for another round of requests from states on maintenance of effort requirements.

February 8, 2011 - Education Week

Governors Find Education Opportunities in Budget Woes

Lawmakers are using states' financial shortfalls to press for more efficient, and effective, ways to improve and run schools.

February 1, 2011 - Education Week

Wanted: Ways to Assess the Majority of Teachers

Nationwide, most teach subjects or in grades in which value-added data are unavailable.

January 31, 2011 - Education Week

Commentary

The National Imperative for Language Learning

American classrooms are falling short in the area of global competence but teaching our students world languages could reverse this trend, write Anthony M. Jackson, Charles E.M. Kolb, and John I. Wilson.

January 25, 2011 - Education Week

Sweeping Study Weighs School Districts' 'Educational Productivity'

A look at more than 9,000 districts nationwide finds common themes among those that get the most achievement from what they spend.

January 19, 2011 - Education Week

Full Standards System in States Several Years Away

A survey of states' plans to implement common standards and accompanying reforms shows that few will be fully realized before 2013.

January 6, 2011 | Updated: December 13, 2011 - Education Week

In States, GOP Winners Mapping Course for K-12

A fresh crop of Republican governors and state legislators face the legacy of K-12 policy choices of those they replaced.

November 5, 2010 - Education Week

Republicans Gain Clout in State-Level Offices

New GOP governors and state school chiefs will be poised to wield fresh influence on education policy.