New Jersey Education Commissioner Chris Cerf has proposed changes to strengthen teacher mentoring programs, which have long been recognized as a critically important method of increasing teacher quality.
The Tennessee Department of Education will award $8 million in grants from the First to the Top Scope of Work Supplemental Fund to 83 school districts.
According to the Texas Education Agency, the on-time graduation rate for Texas high school students increased 1.8 percent from 2011 to 87.7 percent in 2012, marking the fifth consecutive yearly gain.
The U.S. Department of Education has extended Washington state's waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) through the 2013-14 school year.
Battelle for Kids and the Ohio Department of Education will host the Rural Education National Forum, October 31 – November 1, 2013 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH.
The Center on Education Policy (CEP) has released a new report detailing how far along state education officials think they are in adopting the new Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and math.
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has rolled out "Patterns of Innovation: The 21st Century Learning Exemplar Program" (which can be accessed here) to share the experiences of schools that use the P21 Framework in teacher practice, curriculum, assessments, and professional development.
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams says the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will propose certain policy changes for the assessment program in the 2013-14 school year.
The Tennessee Department of Education in early August recognized five school districts that achieved exemplary status in improving student performance and narrowing achievement gaps under the state's accountability system: Bells City Schools, Bradford Special School District, Elizabethton City Schools, Perry County Schools, and Stewart County Schools.
A new remedial program in South Dakota offers extra help to college-bound high school students whose ACT reading, math, or English scores were low.
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