Common Core Creates Professional Possibilities
Common Core educational standards can bring students and the teaching profession to new heights.
Making Student Loans More Affordable
Federal government expected to expand popular student loan repayment plan.
When 1+1+1 Doesn’t Add Up
Conflating testing and evaluation with education standards threatens Common Core.
Improving Federally-Funded Youth Programs
Agency proposes new standards for homeless and runaway youth programs receiving federal grants.
Indiana Becomes First State to Abandon “Common Core” Educational Standards
New state law requires Indiana to establish its own education standards and benchmarks.
Department of Education Seeks Feedback on Strategic Plan
Agency issues draft focused on closing achievement gap and leading the world.
Federal Government Proposes to Expand Relief to Student Loan Debtors
Proposed program would apply to loans disbursed as early as October 2011.
Gainful Employment Rule Hurts College Students and Schools
New Department of Education rule places excessive restrictions on federal funding for higher education.