Morning Announcements: November 30, 2010
The New York Times and TIME magazine write about a new report from America’s Promise Alliance that finds that US high school graduation rate is on the rise. According to the analysis, the U.S....
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A new public-private partnership in North Carolina intends to ensure students better appreciate other countries and are prepared to compete for jobs in a global economy, reports the Raleigh News &...
View ArticleMorning Announcements: December 20, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dream Act has failed in the senate: The Dream Act—which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors—was aimed at helping people brought into...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: July 7, 2011
Writing for Education Week's K-12 blog, Alyson Klein notes that Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, is less than thrilled with the response from...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: July 26, 2011
The Huffington Post writes that Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), a former superintendent of Denver’s public schools, sees the holdup on overhauling No Child Left Behind as having little to do with education...
View ArticleMorning Announcements: August 3, 2011
The Washington Post reports that the domestic spending cuts contemplated in the debt-ceiling deal are sure to compound the dire fiscal situation confronting the states, which already are reducing jobs...
View ArticleAfternoon announcements: November 7, 2012
Last night saw some major victories… and some major upsets. In education-related elections, one of these big upsets came in Indiana – where the electorate voted in Glenda Ritz to take the place of...
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