The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that it will begin collecting new data to measure whether all students have equal educational opportunity and to…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the Department of Education's final priorities and the grant application for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). The…
Today Secretary Arne Duncan announced the 16 applicants who are finalists in the first phase of the Race to the Top competition. Winners will be announced in April.
Let’s eliminate subsidies for banks and “use that money to help poor and middle-class students and adults attend college,” Secretary Arne Duncan writes in a Washington Post op-ed.
On Jan. 30, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board released job numbers showing that Recovery Act education funding played a significant role in stabilizing the nation's economy and in staving…
Today the Department of Education announced that 40 states and the District of Columbia submitted applications to be considered for Phase 1 of the Race to the Top competition. Race…
Applying for money for college just got easier.
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the final requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools. The applications…
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the final application for more than $4 billion from the Race to the Top Fund, which will reward states that have raised…
Clarification: The final application for Race to the Top will be available in late fall.