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Byline: Journal Record Staff OKLAHOMA CITY A bill that would provide additional transparency and accountability of the attendance, enrollment, transfer and instruction practices of virtual charter schools passed the Oklahoma [...]

Byline: Ovetta Wiggins ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Maryland House of Delegates gave initial approval on Friday to a historic public schools reform bill, the first major education policy overhaul taken [...]

Monrovia -- An Act seeking to establish the Ministry of Higher and Technical Education within the Republic of Liberia has been submitted to the Liberian Senate. The Act is seeking [...]

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of Oklahoma: Governor Kevin Stitt signed the most transformative education reform legislation in Oklahoma history [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The following information was released by Vanderbilt University: By Lisa Robbins and GayNelle Doll Like the red-and-black plaid shirts that became his trademark, Lamar Alexander, BA'62, is [...]

Minister for Education Dan Tehan announced the Job-ready Graduates Package (the package) of reforms to higher education on 19 June 2020. The package delivers immediate support to students, universities and [...]

Byline: Ovetta Wiggins;Erin Cox Maryland lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday night to a sweeping public education reform bill that Democrats say could change the trajectory of thousands of Maryland students' [...]

Byline: Ovetta Wiggins The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday night approved a historic public schools reform bill, which would be the first major overhaul on education policy by a [...]

March 11-- Mar. 11--Many chalked up the state Senate's score based in the aftermath of one bill: SB 451. That was the 130-page comprehensive education reform package tabled indefinitely in [...]

Byline: Kathy PlumFeb. 12--KINGWOOD -- The Preston County Board of Education passed a resolution Monday night, opposing Senate Bill 451, the omnibus education bill. The vote was 4-0, with Board [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the American Council on Education: Both the House and Senate have begun work on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), the nation's [...]

Byline: Hailey Fuchs SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Bernie Sanders's California push for his plan to provide four years of government-paid college to all Americans underscored two themes of the Democratic [...]

Byline: Valerie Strauss Now it's getting ridiculous: Four debates among Democratic presidential candidates, and no questions -- or serious discussion -- about K-12 education. A nod goes to Sen. Michael [...]

HARRISBURG, PA -- The following information was released by Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican Caucus: Today, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed four pieces of legislation designed to update and [...]

French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer's new school reform bill, nicknamed the law for putting 'trust back into schools', is being put to the French Senate on Tuesday. But school unions [...]

HARRISBURG, PA -- The following information was released by Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Republican Caucus: Yesterday, the House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), passed four charter school [...]

Byline: Tim Elfrink The question was about reducing gun violence in Kentucky. The state's governor, though, wanted to talk about a favorite pet peeve: The thousands of public school teachers [...]

Byline: Christine Emba By its height in 2011, Occupy Wall Street had spawned any number of slogans and mottos. While some had staying power (we're still talking about the one [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel WASHINGTON - The chances of Congress achieving higher education reform this year just got slimmer as the top Republican in the Senate on education issues said he [...]

Mayor Bill de Blasio took control of New York City's school system, the nation's largest, four years ago, denouncing the aggressive, data-driven approach to school improvement that his predecessor, Michael [...]

Byline: Maureen Downey In re-imagining higher education, a U.S. House committee focused on career-tech and job training.The rewrite of the Higher Education Act by the House Committee on Education and [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel WASHINGTON - House Republicans are pressing ahead with a sweeping overhaul of the federal law that governs almost every aspect of higher education, without hearings and despite [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A cadre of attorneys and policy advisers from the Obama administration is teaming up to do what they say Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems incapable of: protecting [...]

Byline: Jay Mathews As states gain more power over public education, our state superintendents and education departments have a better chance of improving schools. We should not waste their time, [...]

Byline: Emma Brown WASHINGTON - The Senate voted 59 to 40 on Wednesday to overturn Obama administration regulations meant to ensure that new K-12 public school teachers are ready for [...]

LANSING, MI -- The following information was released by the Michigan House of Representatives, the Democrats:Today, House Republicans approved House Bill 5526 during a marathon late-night session, establishing a school [...]

Hrynevych expects bill on general secondary education to be tabled in parliament by end of autumn KYIV. Sept 10 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliia Hrynevych [...]

In recent weeks, you might have heard about two seemingly unrelated issues that are actually quite connected. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his desire to scrap the [...]

It is amazing to me that President Trump has not, on a rare day when he's in New York, exited Trump Tower, made a sharp left, and limousined down to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The chances of Congress achieving higher education reform this year just got slimmer as the top Republican in the Senate on education issues said he sees no [...]

At the beginning of April, Russian media spread information concerning statements by certain officials of the Russian Federation that interpreted inaccurately and tendentiously the amendments to the Education Law and [...]

A higher education bill, known as the PROSPER Act, has been passed through committee and is awaiting consideration by the House of Representatives. PROSPER, which stands for 'Promoting Real Opportunity, [...]

Byline: Dylan Manning A piece of legislation moving through Congress could make it easier for prospective higher education students to apply for financial aid. The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel College students would lose $15 billion in federal student aid over the next decade if House Republicans succeed in turning their higher education bill into law, according [...]