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President Obama's proposal for a Race to the Top-style competition aimed at high schools has yet to be fleshed out.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week
Many would welcome federal aid to boost early-education programs, but are wary it could come with strings attached.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week
Urban public schools should consider refashioning themselves as charters to recapture public confidence, Jack Schneider writes.
February 26, 2013 - Education Week
A new law empowering the governor and stripping the state schools chief of authority draws political pushback.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
A 12-city study finds districts are struggling over what to do with all the schools they are closing down.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
Congress has yet to decide when or whether to start work on long-overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
A state district court judge ruled the Texas school financing system unconstitutional, cheering hundreds of local districts that had sued.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
The president wants to dramatically expand preschool access for low- and middle-income children, but has yet to spell out the cost.
February 19, 2013 - Education Week
There are key questions about funding and need that communities should ask themselves before opening charter schools, Meghan Carton writes.
February 14, 2013 - Education Week
The new policies aim to close loopholes that the Federal Trade Commission says too often allow websites and online services to gather personal information improperly from students.
February 6, 2013 - Digital Directions

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