- Lyndsey Layton
- Reporter
Mitt Romney promotes school vouchers for needy children
In a speech Wednesday, Romney said that having poor and disabled children stuck in failing public schools is a “national education emergency.”
Slight improvement in science scores
A new study of the 2011 NAEP showed a third of U.S. students still lack a basic grasp of the subject.
Teacher of the year to beleaguered educators: Stand tall
President Obama will honor a seventh grade English teacher from California on Tuesday as the National Teacher of the Year.
Pumping up arts in education
Officials want to prove a theory that robust art, music, dance and theater can set failing schools on a path to academic success.
- Democratic mayors challenge teachers unions in urban political shift
- $55K fine against Va. Tech overturned; timing of warning during rampage was questioned
- High school graduation rate rises in U.S.
- TED offers free video lessons for high school and college students
- Parent trigger: School tests California law that allows takeover via petition
- GOP legislators in the House approve bills lessening federal reach into schools
- As teacher merit pay spreads, one noted voice cries, ‘It doesn’t work’
- Obama seeks more education funds
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