Current News

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for the FY 2013 Safe Schools/Healthy Students State Planning, Local Education Agency, and Local Community Cooperative Agreements.

The Institute of Education Sciences is encouraging applications to study the Common Core State Standards, within the Continuous Improvement Education Research topic of the Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy program.

A survey of 1,014 young adults ages 18 to 35 who are either employed or students reveals that those who developed 21st century skills in their last year of school are more likely to self-report higher work quality.

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers are working on alternate, Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessments for students with cognitive disabilities.

In a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the state education chiefs belonging to Chiefs for Change urged him not to delay accountability measures associated with the Common Core State Standards.

The South Dakota Board of Education met to discuss a range of new reforms that include new curriculum standards, a new standardized test, school accountability models, and new methods for teacher and principal evaluations.

Addressing the Rochester Business Alliance on May 23, New York Education Commissioner John King, Jr., said the local business community will benefit from the Common Core State Standards.

Hawaii Superintendent of Education Kathryn Matayoshi says the state's education system is being transformed, and the effort began with a four-year, $75 million federal Race to the Top grant in 2010.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) have forged a partnership to advance STEM education at DoDEA elementary and secondary schools worldwide.

Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor said that he is confident much of the education reform money cut from Gov. Dannel Malloy's 2013-15 budget proposal will be restored.