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Tue., December 28, 2010 10:58am
The Gates Foundation is spending millions of dollars to answer a very difficult question: What makes a great teacher great?
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Tue., December 28, 2010 10:38am
NPR education reporters Larry Abramson and Claudio Sanchez discuss the past year in education — and what's to come in 2011. Among stories to look out for in the new year are the political repercussions from failure to pass the DREAM act, the slow start for Race to the Top (President Obama's version of No Child Left Behind) and funding cuts in local school districts.
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Tue., November 9, 2010 6:00pm
Savannah-Chatham County school officials say, they expect some push-back because of new school reform ideas being considered as part of the federal Race to the Top program. Under that program, the public schools in Chatham County would get about $13 to turn-around under-performing schools and get students up to their reading levels. But the aim is to change public education. And that could ruffle some feathers.
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Wed., May 5, 2010 4:41pm
A teacher advocacy group will oppose Georgia’s Race to the Top federal gran
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Mon., March 29, 2010 2:11pm
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today that only Delaware and Tenn
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Fri., March 19, 2010 8:19am
Georgia is one of 16 finalists for federal education stimulus funds in a co