McCaskill to Hold Education Road Tour
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is taking a 15-city tour around Missouri this week to meet with parents, teachers, students and administrators about potential changes to the federal...
View ArticleIllinois Eliminates Standardized Writing Exam
CHICAGO (AP) __ Illinois is down to just reading and arithmetic. Writing skills will no longer be tested during the state’s standardized exams for high school juniors every spring. The Chicago Tribune...
View ArticleTIAM: $on’t $anic! No Child Left Behind, Your Mortgage & Mike Brown
Jeff Reeves of MarketWatch says “Don’t Panic”! He explained to us why the AA+ rating from the S&P isn’t the end of the world. Total Information AM Russ Whitehurst of the Brookings Institution...
View ArticleCharlie Brennan – Tuesday, August 9th
Charlie talks with Kim Schlau, mother of Jessica and Kelli Uhl, who were killed on Nov. 23, 2007, when an Illinois State Trooper hit their car at 126mph. Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn signed “Uhl Law” yesterday,...
View ArticleMissouri Wants out of “No Child…”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri education officials plan to seek a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said Friday it has...
View ArticleIllinois Elementary School Achievement Gap Narrowing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois’ latest standardized test results show that the achievement gap among elementary school students is narrowing, largely because of gains among black, special education...
View ArticleMissouri Wants Out of No Child Left Behind
St. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX/AP) – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education would like to see the federally mandated No Child Left Behind Act go away. The Education Department is seeking a...
View ArticleNo Child Under Senate Microscope
CHICAGO, Ill. (IRN) – The U.S. Senate is beginning to look at restructuring the No Child Left Behind act. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) recently toured a charter school in Chicago so he could bring back...
View ArticleIllinois Wants No Child Waver
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) – Illinois wants to break loose from the regulations of the No Child Left Behind Act. It requested a waiver from the federal government several months ago and continues to await...
View ArticleEducation Secretary Checks on Progress at Vashon High School
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - The US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, visited Vashon High School to look at the progress the school is making after being awarded millions of dollars in School Improvement...
View ArticleMissouri Gets “No Child Left Behind” Waver
KANSAS CITY (AP) — -Missouri was among five additional states granted waivers Friday from the federal No Child Left Behind requirement that all students have grade-level proficiency in math and reading...
View Article‘Race To The Top’ Grant Program Is Changing Education
Photo Credit Thinkstock In the five years since President Obama’s signature education reform, Race to the Top was launched, schools across the country have adopted new, rigorous education standards,...
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