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The Obama administration has taken a full year to formulate its education strategy and teachers believe it was worth the wait. The cornerstone of the changes will be to remove the focus on test scores that was central to the “No Child Left Behind” policy.
Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, says the [...]

We’ve been slow at posting lately because we’ve been hard at work on a new project.
We’ve just launched the Cloud Computing Data Center. It is a series of web pages that provides learning resources on one of the most promising new areas within technology, cloud computing.
You’ll find educational resources on all of the most important [...]

250,000 educators would be out of work today, if it were not for the federal stimulus bill. At least, that is the conclusion of the White House and the Department of Education.
In a report designed to update taxpayers on where the stimulus is going, one of the claims is that more than $100 billion of [...]

Home schooling is enjoying great popularity these days, but it is not new. It can point to many very successful people who were home schooled and today, they have another.

Colleges may be accepting record numbers of freshman but the longterm trend is toward fewer graduates. According to two recent college presidents, students are choosing schools that are not challenging them.

Just about every college accepts both when considering applications. It’s now up to high schoolers to decide which test will be most helpful to their future.

Princeton Review says it will “reveal the secrets of the admissions process” to students who take advantage of this offer.

Most schools are finding it difficult to raise money. Not Grand Canyon University.

A new twist on home schooling: three school districts are offering remote learning for middle- and high-schoolers.

By attempting to turn an inspirational speech into a lesson plan, the Department of Education has dragged schools into an unwelcome political debate.

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