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08/01 04:27 pm | Arne Duncan Worries About Effect of Fla. State Chief's Resignation | In an interview with Education Week, the U.S. Secretary of Education said he "desperately" hopes the state can find a new chief who will "stay the course."

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Commentaries: The Federal Role in Education
This collection of essays adapted for Education Week from the book Carrots, Sticks, and the Bully Pulpit examines federal involvement in education policy.

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As the GOP seeks to retake Congress, some hopefuls take sharp aim at the Education Department and the stimulus.
July 7, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
The findings come as President Obama's administration turns new attention to improving the schooling of Native American students.
June 30, 2010 - Education Week
The Obama administration's chief education initiative has shown that states are more than willing to pursue school reform if there's something in it for them, policy analyst Chad Aldeman writes.
June 29, 2010 - Education Week
The current federal approach to low-performing schools insults educators, Arthur H. Camins writes, by assuming that they are unable to learn and improve, unmotivated by larger social purpose, and in need of external control to change their behavior.
June 23, 2010 - Education Week
Using ideas employed successfully by other countries, Monty Neill proposes a comprehensive evaluation model to replace America's "test-and-punish approach."
June 18, 2010 - Education Week
Margot Rogers, leaving the Education Department after 18 months, talks about grants, teamwork, and being the departmental "glue."
June 16, 2010 - Education Week
The Obama "blueprint for reform" offers parents little voice in decisions that affect their children's education, Leonie Haimson and Julie Woestehoff write.
June 15, 2010 - Education Week
Claims that the law amounts to an unfunded mandate could live on in debates over reauthorization.
June 15, 2010 - Education Week
June 14, 2010 - Education Week
Some in Congress voice qualms about elements of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top and school turnaround programs.
June 11, 2010 - Education Week

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