Afternoon Announcements: May 25, 2011
Education Week reports, “Education Secretary Arne Duncan will divvy up the $700 million in additional Race to the Top money Congress gave him this year between a new contest focused on early education...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: August 17, 2011
Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup Poll released findings today from their study investigating the public's attitude toward the public schools. Researchers asked about 1,000 people questions about education...
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Here is a round-up of this week’s education-related reports one day early! The Alliance will take a break from blog activity on Friday when the office takes a white water rafting trip in West Virginia....
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: August 22, 2011
Here are today's and this past weekend’s headlines in education news!The Washington Times reports further on the PDK International/Gallup poll on Americans’ views and attitudes toward public education....
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: September 15, 2011
The New York Times reports that average scores on the SAT fell across the nation this year, with the reading score for the high school class of 2011 falling three points to 497, the lowest on record....
View ArticleMorning Announcements: October 7, 2011
According to the Chicago News Cooperative, the gap between the number of minority teachers in Chicago’s public schools and minority student enrollment has widened over the last decade, but one school...
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