By Haia Radwan
The charts below provide snapshots of high school graduation rates in the 2001-2002 School Year (prior to enactment of No Child Left Behind in 2002) and 2008-2009, the latest report. Continue reading
By Gina Harkins and Kaitlin Meehan
Two years ago Race to the Top, the Obama administration’s signature education policy, was just a line in the stimulus bill. Now applications for the third round have been issued as the sweepstakes program takes shape in classrooms across America and begins to establish itself as the nation’s de facto model for how students should learn and how teachers should teach. Continue reading
By Sara Al-Farhan
The Obama administration’s Race to the Top’s requirements are designed so that schools have a more unified system of evaluating both teachers and students. Continue reading
By Gabrielle Levy
When Delaware became the first state awarded Race to the Top money, it also had the burden of being the first to encounter any kinks inherent in the program. Continue reading
By Molly Born, Rema Rahman and Michelle Stein
First, he extended his hand. Now he’s putting his foot down.
After negotiating with lawmakers on key congressional education committees for months, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that due to Congress’s failure to update No Child Left Behind he would give states the out they’ve been clamoring for. Continue reading
By David Charns and Lauren Biron
By Jacqueline Klimas
A charter school is a publicly-funded school that offers smaller class sizes and a curriculum tailored to students’ needs and operates outside the constraints put on regular schools. Continue reading
An interactive graphic by Chelsea Whyte, Moran Zhang and Dorothy Zhang Continue reading
An interactive graphic by Chelsea Whyte, Moran Zhang and Dorothy Zhang
By Hannah Vickers, Alexandra Arkin and Amarita Bansal
As head of one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country, Randi Weingarten had high hopes for the No Child Left Behind Act when Congress passed it with overwhelming bipartisan support 10 years ago. Continue reading