Education Week: Race to the Top

Outside Advocacy Groups Target Local School Board Elections

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

A new breed of K-12 advocacy organizations is making its campaign-cash influence felt in local school board contests.

Latest Round of NCLB Waiver Bids Critiqued

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

The Education Department presses states seeking NCLB flexibility for more-ambitious goals in their applications.

New K-12 Advocacy Groups Wield State-Level Clout

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

New organizations are making their impact felt in statehouses on issues such as teacher evaluation and charter schools.

Sluggish Pace for Race to Top Spending

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

States have been slow to spend their prize money, reflecting challenges in delivering on ambitious plans.

Study Points to Drop in Per-Pupil Spending for Pre-K

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

Researchers say funding for state preschool programs has not kept up with the growth in enrollments.

Common-Core-Test Group Gives Higher Ed. Voting Rights

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

The move puts college representatives at the voting table on pivotal questions about crafting tests that reflect college readiness.

Contractor to Study Special Ed. in D.C.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

The District of Columbia school district, which has a checkered track record on serving students with disabilities, is taking an unusual step to try to reset its course.

RTT Plans Are Not Feasible Solutions

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Obama Budget Touts Selective Boosts in Ed. Funding

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Competitive-grant programs and higher education would be among the winners in a proposed $69.8 billion Education Department spending plan for fiscal 2013.

Hawaii Scrambles to Meet Race to Promises

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

With a $75 million award in peril, crafting a teacher-evaluation system takes on added drama.

Obama Rolls Out New Higher Education Initiatives

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

President Barack Obama takes aim at an issue that resonates with a constituency likely to be important to his re-election campaign: college students struggling to pay off their student loans.

Reports Detail Race to Top Winners' Challenges

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

States have similar challenges in executing dramatic change and transforming teacher-evaluation systems.

N.Y. Freezes Districts' SIG Aid

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Ten New York districts had School Improvement Grants suspended for failure to revise evaluations.

Race to Top Winners Under Gun to Keep Commitments

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Grant recipients risk losing millions of dollars in Race to the Top money if they fail to live up to their promises, federal education officials make clear.

Challenges Lie Ahead for Early-Learning Grant Winners

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

The nine states splitting Race to the Top early-learning grants must now deliver on a slate of ambitious promises to improve the quality of early-childhood education for low-income children.