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November 8, 2011
New research suggests that on average—counting salaries, benefits and job security—teachers receive about 52% more than they could in private business. Read more »
November 7, 2011
One of the area's largest business groups is announcing a strategy to close the education gap in Milwaukee. Read more »
November 6, 2011
Key lawmakers and educators are growing increasingly pessimistic that a massive overhaul of federal school policy can get through Congress before the 2012 election-year battles could doom the hopes for major bipartisan legislation. Read more »
October 26, 2011
Gov. Bobby Jindal is reelected and intends to make K-12 education reform a top priority in the next term. Read more »
October 26, 2011
Wisconsin’s budget committee passes bill, which would create an independent charter school board to authorize charters in medium and large districts around the state. Read more »
October 26, 2011
Andre Agassi plans on deploying $500 million over the next three years to build 75 charter schools throughout the country in cities, like Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Read more »
October 19, 2011
Researchers complete three-year study of Denver Public Schools' pay-for-performance system and find correlation to improved test scores. Read more »
October 19, 2011
Senate Republicans unexpectedly help teachers’ unions by knocking out teacher evaluations in proposed rewrite of NCLB. Read more »
October 18, 2011
More than 100,000 students attending 226 schools in Ohio are eligible for state school choice program in next school year. Read more »
October 12, 2011
School Board urges change to the state's policy on school choice under the No Child Left Behind law. Read more »