April 15, 2010
- Secretary Duncan testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee on the President?s proposed budget for fiscal year 2011.
March 25, 2010
The Center on Reinventing Public Education has an important new analysis out on jobs data and the stimulus.
The bottom line: Although K-12 employment dropped by about 1.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, the federal economic-stimulus law paid for about 342,000 jobs over that time period, or 5.5 percent of total K-12 employment. In other words, it appears that the legislation did, in fact, save a significant number of teachers'...
March 21, 2010
- Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's promises to rebuild three D.C. schools that closed in 2008 are likely to remain unfulfilled in the near future, a delay that city officials attribute to reduced revenue because of the economy and unanticipated expenditures on other projects.
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March 17, 2010
- A new school in Prince William County's western end could pop up sooner than expected, thanks to a down economy that has helped the school system save millions of dollars in construction costs.