Arne Duncan

Baltimore County legislators, parents to ask Dance to put more teachers in high schools

2012-05-14 16:36:00

Baltimore County parents and legislators will ask incoming schools Superintendent Dallas Dance to consider putting more teachers in high schools, where class sizes have swelled since positions were eliminated a year ago. Maryland Sen. James Brochin, a...

Gay marriage: Biden being Biden?

2012-05-07 12:39:13

The surprise endorsement of same-sex marriage on Sunday by Vice President Joe Biden is leading to some predictable election-year cynicism. Was this the Obama White House trying to have it both ways — sending a signal to gay supporters that the...

Economic integration is the key

2012-05-02 10:40:00

You couldn't tell from the Republican primary season so far, but education, as a campaign issue, should move to the forefront of voter concern as we approach the fall election. A College Board poll last month reported that two-thirds of voters in nine...

Academic redshirting: Give them a little more time

2012-04-02 03:00:00

I am a proud product of the Baltimore City public school system. My high school years at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute prepared me exceptionally well for the rigorous academic studies that led to a career in medicine, health policy and economics, and...

SIG program gives schools chance to do things they've never done

2012-04-16 15:38:00

For the casual visitor, it's easy to miss that Southeast High School in rural Kansas — once among the lowest academic performers in the state — is in the midst of a profound transformation. Like so many other Kansas schools, the building in...

Federal school grant program jump-starts efforts to fix troubled schools

2012-04-16 16:33:52

After two years, the federal program providing billions of dollars to help states and districts close or remake some of their worst-performing schools remains an ambitious work in progress, with roughly 1,200 turnaround efforts under way but still no...

Lillian Lowery named Maryland state superintendent of schools

2012-04-20 17:42:00

An outsider with experience in leading a neighboring state through sometimes-unpopular reforms will become the next Maryland superintendent of schools, the state school board announced Friday. Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian M. Lowery, a 57-year-...

Md. to receive another round of federal funds to overhaul failing schools

2012-03-15 14:55:00

Maryland will receive another infusion of federal funding to continue turnaround efforts in the state's worst schools, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday. The state will receive $6.7 million in federal school improvement grants to dole...

Dance's career impresses some, worries others

2012-03-28 18:21:00

When S. Dallas Dance was searching for his first teaching job out of college, he was hired by a Virginia high school principal nearly twice his age. Just a decade later, after a meteoric career rise that impresses some and worries others, Dance has ended...

City schools pay nearly $65 million for unused leave over 5 years

2012-03-14 18:21:00

The Baltimore school system has paid its employees about $65 million for unused leave over the past five years, a rare perk that many employers have abandoned and that has come under fire as school districts have experienced shrinking budgets. Since...

Three city schools to extend day by three hours

2012-01-01 13:14:14

Three Baltimore schools have extended their school day by three hours, using a national program that has boosted achievement in other urban districts and has been hailed as a way to make American students competitive in the 21st century. Hilton...

Maryland wins $50 million Race to Top grant for early childhood programs

2011-12-16 15:46:58

Maryland was one of nine states that won a federal competition Friday for early education funds intended to boost the quality of programs available to young children. The state, which has been seen as a strong proponent of early childhood programs for...

President Obama, alongside Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, speaks with graduating seniors and their parents during a roundtable discussion on the interest rates of federal subsidized student loans at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., on Friday.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia to discuss college affordability.

2012-04-03 12:20:00

Tribune photos by Nancy Stone---The Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville Color Guard lines up to start the press conference. At a press conference at Chicago Military Academy at Bronzeville, Mayor Daley along with Senator Dick Durbin and Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan announce a $2.

2012-03-21 13:38:00