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- Brazos, Nation's Largest Not-for-Profit Student Loan Lender, Reenters the Federal Loan Program
- Company Ready to Work with All Title IV Eligible Schools WACO, Texas -- Brazos, the nation's largest not-for-profit provider of federally guaranteed student loans, announced today that it is broadening its national student loan market presence and will participate in the 2008/2009 federal loan program as a result of...
- Research articles 2008-06-17
- No Child Left Behind Act: Is it an Unfunded Mandate or a Promotion of Federal Educational Ideals?, The
- I. INTRODUCTION: FEDERALISM AND AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY Since its inception, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 NCLB1 has generated substantial controversy over the expanding role of the federal government in public K-12 education. The NCLB, a revision of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, calls for states...
- Research articles 2008-04-30
- Lawmakers get tough with feds
- The Utah Legislature has been no fan of No Child Left Behind. And now, it could be in control of its money. The House last week gave a final, albeit feeble, thumbs up -- by the minimum 38 votes -- to a bill that targets federal education programs...
- Research articles 2008-03-02
- United States Department of Education Update
- The Workforce and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Program has been the subject of some Congressional attention. The Higher Education Act as and now passed by both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate included significant Program revisions. As of this writing, we are watching with great...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Fitch Assigns Access Group Student Loan Servicer Ratings
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has assigned its top ABS servicer rating of 'Proficient Plus' to Access Group, Inc. Access Group for FFELP loan servicing. The FFELP servicer rating is based on effective technology and due diligence procedures that exceed Department of Education guidelines for servicing FFELP loans. Fitch...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- Pennsylvania Kicks Off Career and Technical Education Week
- To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, +1-717-783-9802 HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scores of students from career and technical education centers throughout Pennsylvania showcased their skills in the Capitol today as part of a Career and Technical Education Week event. The event,...
- Research articles 2008-02-12
- Statement on Impact of School Budget Cuts on Arts Instruction in City Schools
- To: EDUCATION EDITORS Contact: Kellie Burton of The Center for Arts Education, +1-212- 971-3300 ext. 354 NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by Richard Kessler, Executive Director of The Center for Arts Education: With the recent announcement that the New York City Department of...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Pennsylvania Education Secretary Lauds Action on Measure to Create Statewide School Health Benefits System
- To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, +1-717-783-9802 HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak today issued the following statement in response to the House Education Committee approving House Bill 1841, legislation to create a statewide health benefits system for...
- Research articles 2008-01-30
- Agent of change
- Paul Pastorek accepted Gov. Bobby Jindal's invitation to stick around as state superintendent of education. It's not an easy job, to say the least, since Louisiana - no less East Baton Rouge Parish - has monumental problems with the quality of K-12 public education. Still, Pastorek, appointed last March after...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- Bart Astor Joins Vangent as Senior Advisor, Education Services
- Vangent, Inc., a leading global provider of information management and business process outsourcing solutions, today announced that Bart Astor has joined its Education Services team as Senior Advisor, Education Services. In his new role, Astor will work with Vangent's Education Services team on policy and legislative analysis, and on key...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Youth Network leader may head education office
- Lori Shorr, vice president for policies and planning at the Philadelphia Youth Network - the organization pioneering an effort to cut the city's dropout rate - is expected to be named Mayor Nutter's point person on education, sources said yesterday. Shorr, who previously worked in the Pennsylvania Department of Education...
- Research articles 2008-01-15
- United States Department of Education Update
- Earlier this fall (October 4, 2007), the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress convened a hearing titled "Mass Incarceration in the United States, At What Cost?" Senator Jim Webb opened the hearing with an observation that the United Stated is number one in prisons "by several orders of magnitude"...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- NYC School Testing System Fails the Arts
- To: STATE EDITORSContact: Kellie Burton of the Center for Arts Education, +1-212- 971-3300 x354 or +1-970-222-3394 cell, kellie@cae-nyc.org Method Offers Only a Snapshot of Whats Really Happening in Our SchoolsNEW YORK,Nov.26/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As New York City public schools begin to receive new funds from the state as part of the...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- Education Secretary Outlines Pennsylvania's Efforts to Address Dropout Situation
- To: STATE EDITORSContact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, +1-717-783-9802 Multifaceted Approach Focuses on Prevention, Intervention and Re- engagementHARRISBURG, Pa.,Oct. 29/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak today outlined Pennsylvanias ongoing efforts to keep students engaged in school and on track to earning a high school diploma.We owe it...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Multinational education
- According to an AP report, the Oregon Department of Education and Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education are conducting discussions to align their curricula so courses will be valid in both countries. Going against conventional practice--wherein foreign students are immersed in the language of their adopted country, so they can rapidly...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Pennsylvania Education Secretary Urges Schools to Pursue 'Common Cents' Approach To Spending
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Michael Race of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, +1-717-783-9802 HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak today encouraged public schools across Pennsylvania to take advantage of a new initiative that's designed to help them target more money to promoting learning rather than meeting...
- Research articles 2007-09-25
- School for Deaf to offer day class for special-needs kids
- FREMONT -- A lawsuit against the California School for the Deaf and the state Department of Education brought on by the parents of a deaf and autistic child who claimed their daughter was denied an appropriate public education has been settled. The suit, filed in April 2006,...
- Research articles 2007-09-14
- Justesen discusses the future of CTE: Troy Justesen, assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, sat down with ACTE's Catherine Imperatore to discuss career and technical education.(Q & A)
- ACTE: What do you think should be the biggest priority for career and technical education leaders over the next five years? Justesen: That's a very good question; it's a very interesting question. I think that there are a number of priorities that we could...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Schools chief wants proof
- By James Carlson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Alexa Posny can repeat herself, but that is probably because she is asked the same question repeatedly: How do you walk the line between the moderate and conservative blocs on the Kansas State Board of Education? As the new...
- Research articles 2007-07-29
- Schools chief wants proof
- By James Carlson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Alexa Posny can repeat herself, but that is probably because she is asked the same question repeatedly: How do you walk the line between the moderate and conservative blocs on the Kansas State Board of Education? As the new...
- Research articles 2007-07-29
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