Education

Education waiver gives Minnesota flexibility

9 Feb 2012

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota education officials say the waiver from the strict requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law will give them the flexibility and resources necessary to help struggling students. President Barack Obama announced the waiver on Thursday.

Some states stay with education law, cite politics

9 Feb 2012

Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the No Child Left Behind law is a helping hand to improve education or a means to impose more federal control.

Education Commission of the States Releases Brief on Civic Engagement and Digital Citizenship

9 Feb 2012

The Education Commission of the States released Civic Engagement through Digital Citizenship, the first of six Progress of Education Reform briefs that will be released in 20