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Federal K-12 Education Programs Face Obstacles to Renewal

Congress is facing tough choices on the future of the nation’s main K-12 education law—including how to respond to calls from Congressional Black Caucus members to focus more attention on low-income schools.

May 8, 2011

Students

Recommendations for National K-12 Education Standards Target College Readiness

The goal of Common Core State Standards is to ensure that every student graduates from high school prepared to attend a post-secondary institution or enter the workforce.

June 2, 2010

African-American

Tennis Stars Put Hearts Into Vegas Charter School

It’s been a tough year at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, with looming budget issues. But retired tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf say they’re excited for 19 high school seniors set to graduate June 12.

May 24, 2010

Students

Bipartisan Effort Vowed on Congressional Review of ‘No Child’ Law

Congressional leaders vow bipartisan cooperation in revising the K-12 law, while associations push changes they consider essential to minority student success.

March 29, 2010

Latinx

Obama’s Education Law Overhaul To Focus on College

The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor’s No Child Left Behind education law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of U.S. schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.

March 14, 2010

Latinx

More Black and Hispanic Students Taking the ACT Exam, College Readiness Levels Remain Flat

While scores and college readiness levels remained relatively flat from 2008, the numbers of Black and Hispanic high school graduates in 2009 who took the ACT college entrance exam remained the same or increased for a fourth consecutive year nationally, according to the ACT ‘Measuring College and Career Readiness: The Class of 2009’ report.

August 18, 2009

Community Colleges

A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools

President Barack Obama is leaning hard on the nation’s schools, using the promise of more than $4 billion in federal aid — and the threat of withholding it — to strong-arm the education establishment to accept more charter schools and performance pay for teachers, according to The Washington Post. Today, Obama will officially announce the […]

July 23, 2009

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Court Eases Oversight of Arizona English Program

The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a partial victory to Arizona officials who are challenging federal court supervision of a program to educate students who aren’t proficient in English.

June 25, 2009

Latinx

HSIs, HBCUs Seek Greater Visibility From White House

Advocates of minority-serving institutions seek changes while monitoring newappointments to senior U.S. Department of Education posts.

April 29, 2009

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No Black Boy Left Behind

The expected reworking of the No Child Left Behind Act along with a significant infusion of funding for the Education Department present an opportunity to develop policies and programs to ensure Black boys, in particular, have a better chance of succeeding, educators said at a conference Friday on Capitol Hill.

April 26, 2009

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English-Language Learner Case Framed as Civil Rights Enforcement Issue Before Supreme Court

At a time when children with limited English skills are among the fastest-growing groups in public schools, the U.S. Supreme Court today will hear a case that could greatly impact the way states educate English-language learners.

April 19, 2009

Students

Obama Calls on Colleges To Curtail Costs

President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a multi-prong education strategy for America that includes providing all Americans with “a quality higher education — whether it’s college or technical training.”

March 10, 2009