Education News

Data on state-level education reform efforts in four areas: 1) standards, assessment and accountability; 2) school finance reforms; 3) resources for learning; and 4) state support for school choice options

Several states
are trying to
improve
education and
training so
they match
business
needs and the
labor pool.

Starting this summer, some of the world’s leading thinkers in exponentially growing technologies will be gathering annually at NASA Ames Research Center, in the heart of Silicon Valley, for 10 weeks of discussions on how to change the future. And you could join them.

As states look for ways to improve student outcomes by creating more “seamless” systems of education
starting at preschool and beyond (P-20), communities have been making it happen.

Legislation helps more Michigan communities create promise of tuition-free college education for their kids

"What impresses me about community colleges is an ability to turn on a dime."

“The voices of the people validated the direction we need to take to reduce, and then eliminate, the achievement gap,” said Michael Pavel, the associate professor of education who led the research team.

Community colleges must find a way to help more students develop the skills and credentials they need for the 21st-century global economy.

The chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools puts teacher performance at the center of a controversial bid to remake one of the nation’s most troubled urban school districts.

WGU is a non-profit, online university founded by 19 U.S. governors to expand access to quality higher education for working adults. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Education, Information Technology, Business and Healthcare.