The grant application and final priorities for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) are now available.

Secretary Arne Duncan visited Selma, Alabama, where he announced plans for a reinvigorated Office of Civil Rights to ensure equal educational opportunities for all children.

The White House and ED announced the Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, inviting public schools to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation this spring.

More than 250 community leaders, educators, parents, and students gathered to discuss turning around the Detroit area's lowest-achieving schools.

Secretary Arne Duncan participated in the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in New York City, where over 8,500 educators across the nation took part in discussions about the future of our schools.

A new report shows that 31 states now have such standards, but many have yet to embrace matching "comprehensive" accountability systems.

For a greater global payoff, writes Joseph Piro, give the science, technology, engineering, and math acronym an A—for the arts.

Sidney Trubowitz looks back 50 years and wonders how his first class of 4th graders would have fared if he'd been worried more about test scores.

District leaders should steer clear of the ubiquitous word "transparency" until they've figured out what it means, Patrick F. Quinn writes.

The average salary and benefits of Illinois' top school executives grew 4.1 percent last year, about 10 times faster than raises enjoyed by other wage earners in the Chicago metropolitan area, according to state data.

When it comes to advising students on college and career choices, a majority of young adults with college experience rate their high school guidance counselors as "fair" or "poor," says a survey released last week.

A parent has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the DeKalb County, Ga., schools, alleging discrimination against black students in the district's International Baccalaureate program.

State auditors in Arizona say money intended for rewarding good teachers is instead being spent on regular teacher salaries and other costs.

A bill that would authorize the federal government to regulate the use of restraints and seclusion in schools moved a step closer to becoming law last week.

U.S. teachers are more interested in collaborating and getting support from administrators to promote student achievement than in boosting their paychecks, according to a survey of more than 40,000 K-12 teachers.

For this review the WWC assessed a study that examined whether shifting from traditional district management to management by a for-profit or nonprofit organization improves student achievement.

In this new Middle School Math report, see how the WWC rated the research on Plato Achieve Now, a software-based math curriculum.

This new quick review rates a study on the effectiveness of shifting public schools to private management for academic achievement of eighth graders.

IES has released the FY 2011 Requests for Applications for two research grant competitions: Education Research Grants (84.305A) and Special Education Research Grants (84.324A). To view the Requests for Applications and learn more about the application process, click here: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/.

This study of four national English language arts standards compares the content of three sets of standards with a benchmark set, the American Diploma Project (ADP), to see how closely the sets agree on what students should know in English language arts to prepare for college. The match between each of the three comparison sets and the 62 content statements in the ADP benchmark varies, from 77 percent of the statements for the College Board College Readiness Standards and 68 percent for Standards for Success to 34 percent for the ACT College Readiness Standards. But only 5 percent of the ADP statements fully match the content in all three comparison sets--27 percent when partial matching is also considered.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to say an office “has not been as vigilant as it should have been” on discrimination.

As some schools favor applicants who do not require financial aid, Hamilton College has decided to swim against that tide.

Unemployment and public anger over bailouts remain high, but aspiring bankers find they can now get a foot in the door.

A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a failing school may have lasting ripples on the nation’s education debate.

SELMA, Ala. -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything ranging from college prep classes to science and engineering programs.

The Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs.

Campus activists across Virginia put spring break on hold Monday to mobilize against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, who has riled student groups with a letter advising public universities to retreat from their policies against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins.