September 18, 2012
Well, we are now into the second week of a unionized teacher strike in the country’s third-largest school district.
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September 12, 2012
Of the 402,000 students currently enrolled in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), 52,000 of them are in school this week—those attending one of the roughly 100 charter schools in the district.
September 11, 2012
By Ed Rust
September 10, 2012
As of 12:00 a.m. this morning, more than 26,000 teachers in Chicago officially went on a union-led strike impacting 400,000 kids in 675 schools.
July 27, 2012
In case you missed last week's GOP No Child Left Behind Debate the blow-by-blow run down is below:
July 26, 2012
In a July piece of Insider Higher Education, Audrey Watters laments the hype being given to MOOCs (Massively Online Open Courses) and their potential to change higher
July 24, 2012
Two former U.S.
June 20, 2012
The nation’s colleges and universities must do a better job of closing the growing divide between the education and skills of the American workforce and the needs of employers, according to a new U.S.
June 18, 2012
Today we come to our fifth and final blog post leading up to the release of Leaders & Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Public Postsecondar
June 12, 2012
Over the course of our continuing series leading up to the release of our report, Leaders & Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Public Postsecondary Education