Department of Education

Bachmann Wants to Know Why We Need a Department of Education

A proposal by the Michigan Department of Education would radically change how schools earn accreditation, and would result in some 200 schools failing the standards.

Greg Masten, Vice-President of the Tribal Education Departments National Assembly (TEDNA), traveled recently to Washington D.C. to meet with House and Senate representatives and testify about Indian Education issues during a congressional briefing.

The Clery Act is in place to help students on college campuses, but Virginia Tech didn't follow procedure according to the Department of Education.

This contributor will be highlighting different libraries throughout the United States. It is her intention to make the general public more aware. Read here about the Wyoming Department of Education and the Utah State Library for the Blind.

As a way of trimming the federal budget, Rand Paul has suggested we cut spending to the Department of Education. Here's a look at would could result.

Downtown Brooklyn's Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women received a D. Find out why the school received such a low grade.

The mission of the U.S. Department of Education is to "promotes student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access."

The consolidation legislation in Maine from 2007 is still causing a great deal of turmoil and anxiety for school districts around the state. Here is a look at the law, its pros and cons, and its effects on small schools.

An overview of the special agents charged with maintaining the integrity of the U.S. education system.

A month before I was scheduled to graduate with my Master's degree in Secondary English from Brooklyn College, I found out that I would probably be out of luck for a teaching position in the fall.

Asks if the Department of Education provides support worth its increasing cost or if it represents a political gift for the NEA.

A plan to boost American student's test scores with testing that is more inline with today's world. Satire.

This article is about the new streamlining of the FAFSA form by the Department of Education.

Finding sources of college funding is an important step towards getting an education. College tuition and living costs are increasing and you will need to find funding wherever you can.

A practical view is a process where requirements, intentions and objectives, transform into an arrangement of goals, programs, and policies which have an effect on funding, procedures, and outcomes, which form the foundation for assessment, improvement, and new policies.

Despite criticism of the US education system , and decreased academic performance, the US government continues to pour millions of dollars into failing or redundant programs. Here re four programs that get a failing grade.

The Department of Education is one the 15 Departments in the U.S. Executive Branch in the government. The purpose is to make education better, and to try to provide equal education for all.

Educators around the country struggle to figure out how to teach students about 9/11. A variety of methods have been developed to help.

The Florida Teacher Certification Exams (FTCE) are used to certify educators in Florida. Teachers need to take a General Knowledge test plus a subject exam (like English or math). Several sources provide information about how to prepare for FTCE exams.

Career Colleges hit with new regulations. But who can understand them?

Education is full of acronyms. It seems like the name of just about everything, from schools, to organizations, to programs, has an acronym. This article contains a partial list of commonly used acronyms used in education.

Department of Education Meeting Causes Stir with District 13 Parents

Discussion of the compulsory or mandatory attendance of students in K-12 and it's impact.

The organization came about as a branch out from the Citizen Crime Watch in Miami-Dade County in Florida.

The Philippine's Education department is allowing four to five hours only of classes in a day for grade schoolers due to overcrowding. But a teachers' organization fears this education quality could be affected.

One question that never is asked in discussions of education reform is, as I have put it Latinately in my title, "Who teaches the teachers themselves?"

Innate change must come from an innate spark, which in turn causes the fire to spur the ambers of the heart.

Crook is caught selling on eBay. Museum archivist steals and sells.

Twenty questions that keep me up at night....

Has your child's school won an award? This years list of Blue Ribbon Schools, awarded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, has been released.

I love the academic world. I love books and I love classrooms, the chalk dust and the bulletin boards. So when it was suggested by my sister-in-law that I take the school secretaries exam, I was somewhat eager to try.