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This week, we recognize ‘National School Choice Week.’ Celebrating the opportunity for parents to make decisions best suited for their kids causes us to pause and take a look at the many education headlines around the country.
By Margaret Spellings
Crossposted from The Huffington Post
The fiscal cliff isn't the only ledge the nation is in danger of heading over.
Addressing the nation’s skills gap is “not getting the attention it deserves and needs” because it’s not a partisan or controversial issue, says Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
The results of an annual survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reported a 3.4% increase in starting wages for college grads over last year.
Since it turns out that the Mayans were wrong about the apocalypse, it seems as though we have to start 2013 rededicated to solving our skills gap crisis.
Business is well equated with terms like ‘productivity’, ‘efficiency’, ‘return on investment’, and ‘evolving practices.’ Unfortunately, these aren’t the terms that necessarily come to mind when speaking about our education system.
Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers has recently proposed the creation of a bar exam for teachers with the intention of elevating the quality of the teaching profession
New international test results indicate that the United States is still lagging behind many of our competitors in education. The latest data was released by the International Study Center at Boston College in two reports—the Trends in Internatio
The teachers unions are at it again, this time in Louisiana. Earlier this year, Governor Bobby Jindal proposed some bold education reforms, which were passed by lawmakers. One such reform is the implementation of a statewide school voucher program.







