Incentives Offered to Raise College Graduation Rates

With a goal of producing eight million additional college graduates by 2020, the Department of Education will offer states millions of dollars in incentives.

Role for Teachers Is Seen in Solving Schools’ Crises

A federal conference urging cooperation between school systems and teachers’ unions comes as Republicans in some states are moving to shut unions out of school system policy decisions.

New Challenges for Obama’s Education Agenda in the Face of a G.O.P.-Led House

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that the Republican-led Congress would force him to shift gears on the No Child Left Behind Law and Race to the Top program.

New Challenge for Obama Education Agenda

A Republican-led House of Representatives could force Education Secretary Arne Duncan to shift gears.

A Celebratory Road Trip for Education Secretary

Arne Duncan’s bus tour from New York to Maine is billed as a way to honor teachers.

18 States and D.C. Are Race to the Top Finalists

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia advanced to the second round of a national competition for federal financing to support education reform.

Many States Adopt National Standards for Their Schools

States that accept the standards by Aug. 2 win points in the Obama administration’s Race to the Top competition for a share of the $3.4 billion to be awarded in September.

On Education: A Popular Principal, Wounded by Good Intentions

At Wheeler Elementary in Burlington, Vt., a highly regarded principal has been removed so the district can qualify for millions in stimulus dollars.

Teachers’ Union Shuns Obama Aides at Convention

In a sign of the Obama administration’s strained relations with teachers’ unions, no federal official was scheduled to speak at either union’s convention this month.

Budget Deficit and Wars’ Cost Draw Fire on the Home Front

The debate over an $82 billion war spending bill has opened up a clash between House Democrats and the White House over the deficit and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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