Big unions could take big SCOTUS hit
Public-sector unions are bracing for a Supreme Court decision Monday that could deal a major blow to their wealth and political clout. Union leaders fear that conservative justices will use the case,...
View ArticleNEA leader's task: Win back public
The new president of the largest teachers union in the country will become the voice of roughly 3 million teachers at perhaps the most critical moment in the National Education Association’s history....
View ArticleMcCaskill: Colleges fail on assaults
Colleges and universities across the nation are violating federal law by failing to investigate sexual assaults on campus, according to a report released Wednesday by Sen. Claire McCaskill. The report...
View ArticleAFT union takes on Common Core
The American Federation of Teachers will open its annual convention Friday morning with a startling announcement: After years of strongly backing the Common Core, the union now plans to give its...
View ArticleCourt upholds affirmative action
The University of Texas at Austin can continue using affirmative action in its admission policies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday. The university’s use of affiContinue...
View ArticleJeb Bush's reading rule loses ground
It was one of Jeb Bush’s signature initiatives as Florida governor: Require third-graders to repeat the year if they flunked a reading test. Bush promoted the policy aggressively, and, within a decade,...
View ArticleAll Policy is Local: Education in the midterm congressional races
With help from Caitlin Emma, Allie Grasgreen, Nirvi Shah and Stephanie Simon. As a Morning Score subscriber, you're receiving this monthly newsletter as part of POLITICO's in-depth series All Policy is...
View ArticleMoms winning the Common Core war
The millions have proved no match for the moms. Supporters of the Common Core academic standards have spent big this past year to persuade wavering state legislators to stick with the new guidelines...
View ArticleTeachers unions target GOP govs
This story is part of an ongoing POLITICO series on how national policy issues are affecting the 2014 midterm elections. Teachers unions are struggling to protect their political clout, but as the...
View ArticleAll Policy is Local: State superintendent races and education
With help from Caitlin Emma As an education influencer, you're getting this monthly newsletter as part of POLITICO's in-depth series All Policy is Local: Education, which provides deeper coverage of...
View ArticleHuckabee: End Common Core debate
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called for a cease-fire in the war over the Common Core on Friday, saying it makes no sense to “shed blood” over the standards when there’s no value in it for...
View ArticleJindal sues over Common Core
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Wednesday sued the Obama administration over the Common Core academic standards and tests. The move builds on legal action roiling in the Bayou State over the standards,...
View ArticleThe price of Common Core repeal
Two Republican governors repealed the Common Core this year and on Thursday, they got very different results. The Education Department said it’s yanking Oklahoma’s waiver from No Child Left Behind,...
View ArticleTeacher protections battle lines set
A Los Angeles judge on Thursday affirmed a tentative June ruling that struck down five laws governing job protections for teachers in California. The final deciContinue reading ...
View ArticleRating teachers not as easy as 1, 2, 3
The idea seems simple enough: Identify the best teachers and reward them. Pinpoint the worst and fire them. That’s been a linchpin of the Obama administration’s education agenda from the start. But now...
View ArticleBad grades for Texas textbooks
Texas students may soon be reading in their history textbooks that the American system of democracy was inspired by Moses, segregated schools weren’t all that bad and taxes imposed for programs like...
View ArticleUnder GOP, education plan could stall
Sen. Lamar Alexander has a plan to overhaul the education system if he becomes chairman of the Senate’s education committee next year, starting with rewriting the divisive No Child Left Behind act and...
View ArticleAll Policy is Local: Pre-K on the campaign trail
With help from Caitlin Emma, Maggie Severns and Stephanie Simon As an education influencer, you're getting this monthly newsletter as part of POLITICO's in-depth series All Policy is Local: Education,...
View ArticleThe GOP's new take on pre-K
It was business as usual for a Democrat when Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis rolled out a plan for expanding preschool — until her opponent, Republican Greg Abbott, hit back with a pre-K...
View ArticleGOP schooled on education politics
This story is part of an ongoing POLITICO series on how national policy issues are affecting the 2014 midterm elections. Republicans thought this would be the year to make education their winning...
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