What's News in Education

The Obama administration this week released its spending proposal for the fiscal year of 2012, according to an article on EdWeek.  The administration is asking for $77.4 billion in education funding, a 4 percent increase from 2010 funding.  The Obama administration proposal follows the Feb. 10th proposal of House Republicans to cut education funding by $4.9 billion […]

The U.S. News & World Report is planning on assessing more than 1,000 teachers colleges, grading them A through F.  Many deans and schools are protesting this plan, saying that their methods are flawed and the scoring criteria is not clear.  The project, which will be completed next year, will cost $3.6 million and is […]

President Obama’s State of the Union speech on January 25 addressed many topics, including education.  Before and after the President’s speech, transcripts were made available to the public and news media, including the Huffington Post.  President Obama stated that if we want to “win the future,” then we have to “win the race to educate […]