In a rebuke to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York State’s education commissioner announced Tuesday that he would reject the appointment of Cathleen Black to be chancellor of New York City schools unless she is teamed with someone who has background in education. Commissioner David Steiner has repeatedly expressed concerns about the qualifications of Black, a [...]
The National Education Technology Plan aims to introduce more technology to the entire education system “to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan told Congress this month. The Education Department hopes to increase the number of college graduates [...]
Two days before the resignation on Wednesday of D.C. public schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, President Obama took a little-noticed meeting with the young students featured in the hugely hyped documentary “Waiting for Superman.” For the reform-minded president, it was, perhaps, tacit approval of the film’s message: the documentary lays much of the blame for the [...]
D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has announced she will leave her post at the end of the month, a development seen by supporters as a blow to education reform. The decision comes after weeks of speculation about Rhee’s future in the wake of Mayor Adrian Fenty’s loss to Vincent Gray in September’s Democratic primary election. [...]
The online education companies Eleutian Technology and Idapted said on Wednesday that they would merge, bringing together the American and Chinese companies in the fast-growing $100 billion market for online English instruction, Reuters reported. Backers of the new company, which will retain Eleutian’s name, include Cheyenne Capital and Gobi Partners, as well as the former [...]
Even in a time of “tough choices” for federal spending, President Obama said Saturday the nation cannot afford to “shortchange our children’s education” — a course he said Republicans would take in their drive to cut the budget. “Nothing would be more detrimental to our prospects for success than cutting back on education,” Obama said [...]
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