Duncan Testifies Before House Education and Labor Committee
This morning U.S Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan appeared before the House Education and Labor Committee in a hearing entitled “Building a Stronger Economy: Spurring Reform and Innovation in...
View ArticleCommon Core State Standards Draft Released
Yesterday, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) released the official draft of the K-12 Common Core State...
View ArticleESEA Blueprint Released
Today, President Obama sent to Congress his blueprint for the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). According to the President, the blueprint is not only a plan to rewrite the...
View ArticleRace to the Top Round Two Finalists Announced
Today, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the finalists for the second round of the Race to the Top grant competition. Out of 36 applicants, 18 states and the District of Columbia were selected...
View Articlei3 Fund Rewards STEM Programs
The Department of Education announced the winners of its Investing in Innovation (i3) grant program, selecting 49 winning proposals out of nearly 1,700 applicants to share the $650 million fund. i3 was...
View Articlei3 Adds STEM to Second Round Priorities
The U.S. Department of Education announced that STEM education is one of the new “absolute priorities” in the Investing in Innovation (i3) grants. The i3 competition was created under the Recovery and...
View ArticleAdministration Issues NCLB Waivers, New Legislation Introduced in the House
Last Thursday, President Obama announced that 10 states – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee – will receive waivers, exempting...
View ArticlePresident’s FY15 Budget Calls for Increased STEM Education Funding
On Tuesday, President Obama sent Congress his budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year. The plan proposes an investment of $135.4 billion for Federal scientific research and development, an increase of...
View ArticleHouse Education Subcommittees hold joint hearing on ED Oversight
On Wednesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held...
View ArticleSTEM Education Programs in the Proposed FY 2015 “Cromnibus”
Prepared for Triangle Coalition by: Della Cronin, Washington Partners, LLC Overview On December 9, House leadership and appropriators released their proposal to fund the federal government for the...
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