U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education to investigate NAACP complaint against Arundel schools

2012-04-10 17:26:07

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights said that it will investigate allegations by the Anne Arundel branch of the NAACP that the county's school system discriminates against African-American students when meting out discipline. The...

Schools with grants struggle with teacher evaluation systems

2012-04-16 15:38:00

Elliott Elementary in Lincoln, Neb., struck off on its own last year when it became the only school in the city to win money through the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program. Winning wasn't something to be proud of, though: It meant the school...

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...

Four MD schools win "green ribbon" awards

2012-04-23 17:25:00

Four Maryland schools won recognition Monday in the U.S. Department of Education's first-ever listing of "green ribbon" schools, so honored because of their promotion of energy efficiency, environmental health and education. The four schools were...

Md. campuses struggle over when to issue emergency alerts

2012-03-03 13:24:04

As a suspected gunman walked across Towson University, officials sent an emergency notification through text alert, email and Twitter to some 25,000 students and faculty, warning them of the man's whereabouts and advising them to "stay in a safe location....

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...

Lawmakers, education leaders spar over embattled tutoring program

2012-03-29 17:33:57

State education leaders say proposed legislation that would force local school systems to continue funding a federal tutoring program could derail their efforts to gain relief from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Lawmakers are debating...

North County student claims national art honor

2012-03-08 13:21:19

North County High School senior Ashely Lim didn't intend to turn the school's hallways into her own virtual art exhibition. But there on a wall in the school's physical education area is a testament to her creativity, a colorfully painted sports mural she...

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...

Advocates, experts call for more attention to bullying of special needs-students

2011-12-29 16:33:51

Special-education advocates are calling for the state to do more to address the bullying of disabled students, saying that a recent lawsuit against the city school system highlights the long-lasting harm that harassment can do to such children. Experts...

Time to eliminate ineffective cabinet agencies

2011-11-18 08:15:00

In response to Thomas F. Schaller's recent opinion piece on Republican criticisms of federal agencies ("Cabinet agencies in the cross-hairs," Nov. 16), readers may recall that the mission of the U.S. Department of Energy was ostensibly to free us from...

Alfred Ramirez has been named vice president of government relations and diversity at Group O, a marketing, supply chain and packaging solutions optimization company.

2011-09-13 22:00:00

Eager to trade taxpayer money for political goodwill, lawmakers are using taxpayer dollars to line the pockets of certain schools and colleges with frivolous education "pork.

2011-01-28 04:09:14

From June 12th to 22nd, 2010, as teachers across the nation faced potential layoffs, federal funds sent U.S. teachers to China to learn more about China's education system.

2011-01-28 04:09:25