The U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture have teamed up to enhance agricultural education and related programs that promote postsecondary and career pathways, including teaching, according to an interagency agreement to advance agricultural ed…
Continue Reading →Protesters yell at Gov. Scott Walker as he exits V.F.W Post 2778 in Appleton, Wis., on April 4. Walker was in town to sign veterans legislation.
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By Andrew Ujifusa
In a year when a dozen states have gubernatorial el…
The five states that narrowly missed winning a slice of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Fund will get a chance to compete for $133 million in new money, the U.S. Department of Education announced today.
Eligible for this round: Colorado,…
By Peter W. Cookson Jr.
A perfect storm is engulfing public education: Failure to perform to expectations, tightening resources, and an impatient public are testing the limits of business as usual. Learning barriers are being broken at an exponential…
Lawmakers applaud Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he addresses the state legislature at the opening session in Baton Rouge. The Republican governor is pushing for changes to teacher tenure, expansions to charter schools, and school voucher programs, a…
Continue Reading →Wisconsin has joined other states in passing laws regulating the use of restraints and seclusion at school. Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill last week that bans school employees from isolating or restraining students except in cases where they are in …
Continue Reading →Madison, Wis.
A federal judge upheld most of Wisconsin’s contentious law curbing collective bargaining rights on Friday, but he sided with unions in at least one key area by ruling that union dues could automatically be withdrawn from public workers…
Lawmakers applaud Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he addresses the state legislature at the opening session in Baton Rouge. The Republican governor is pushing for changes to teacher tenure, expansions to charter schools, and school voucher programs, a…
Continue Reading →MILWAUKEE (AP) — Students who received vouchers to attend private or religious schools in Milwaukee improved their performance in mathematics and reading last year but still lagged behind public school students, according to a report released Tues…
Continue Reading →Published Online: March 16, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a bill that would require kindergarten screening exams and teacher evaluations based partly on test scores as part of an initiative to improve student …
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