Protesters force retreat on plan to dismantle Philly public schools
A coalition of parent, community, student and labor groups brought their message to the Philadelphia city School Reform Commission
Teacher funding added to war spending bill
Lawmakers who want to prevent thousands of teacher layoffs but oppose spending more money on the war in Afghanistan face a dilemma in Congress this week.
Carolina NAACP head calls for civil disobedience to protest “resegregation”
RALEIGH, N.C. - William Barber II, state NAACP chairman, this week called for mass civil disobedience July 20 to protest moves to "resegregate" public education in Wake County.
New evidence surfaces on charter school scam
New evidence that charter schools provide inferior education but lucrative opportunities to scam the public has surfaced in a report issued Wednesday.
Obama school plan has pluses but big minuses, teachers and others warn
The administration's education "blueprint" discards some of the No Child Left Behind law's much-criticized features, but keeps or adds others that teachers, their unions and other public school advocates oppose.
Expect major changes in No Child law, officials say
The Obama administration is proposing major changes to the nation's No Child Left Behind education law.
