The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers today released a public draft of the groups’ proposed common standards in English-language arts and mathematics. The standards were developed as part of the...more.
House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. House of Representatives
Republicans
Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon
Ranking Member
Fiscally responsible reforms for students, workers and retirees.
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Meet Latasha Bennett. A single mother of two who is unable to work because of a disability, Latasha relies on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to enroll her son in the Naylor Road School, a private K-8 school in the...more.
There’s an old cliché that says “If you want to know what people think, just ask them.” Well, that’s exactly what Braun Research, Inc. did recently when it asked 1,001 residents of the District of Columbia about their views on the...more.
Congressional Republicans have been fighting for years to shine a spotlight on the drastic increases in the cost of college and target student financial assistance in manner that ensures the funds are being spent on America’s neediest students. We have...more.
About 200 low-income children and their families in the District of Columbia were hit with bad news last week courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education. Although the children had been planning to use federally-funded scholarships to attend the private school of...more.
