News Briefs
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has at least one item left on her to-do list: Attend the unveiling of her official portrait at the Lyndon B. Johnson Department of Education building.
December 1, 2008
The federal No Child Left Behind Act does not provide a private right to sue over its parental-notice and tutoring provisions, a federal appeals court has ruled.
December 1, 2008
Online petitioners are urging President-elect Barack Obama to appoint Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford University education professor and an adviser to the Obama presidential campaign, as secretary of education.
November 19, 2008
As Washington was bracing for Election Day, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings traveled to Oman and the United Arab Emirates to talk about the importance of ensuring that all the world’s students have access to a high-quality education.
November 10, 2008
The presidents of both national teachers’ unions told a House panel last week that investing in school facilities could help put the economy on a firmer footing.
November 4, 2008
The Department of Education soon will publish new regulations that require states to improve the way they calculate and report high school graduation rates.
October 27, 2008
Democrats for Education Reform backs policies such as charter schools and differential pay for teachers.
November 26, 2008
Linda Darling-Hammond was a prominent voice on K-12 issues for the candidate.
November 26, 2008
Children in high-poverty schools are about twice as likely to have teachers without standard qualifications, a study finds.
November 25, 2008
A congressionally mandated report says the Institute of Education Sciences has improved the quality of federally financed education studies.
November 25, 2008
Updated: November 25, 2008
Potential candidates' views on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind and the issue of teacher quality should help President-elect Obama in choosing an effective secretary of education, says Anthony Ralston.
November 21, 2008
A congressionally requested study of the federal research-review agency cheers federal officials but leaves critics unsatisfied.
Updated: December 2, 2008
Updated: November 5, 2008
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