Education Committee Meets Next Week
Leaders Want To Deemphasize Bureaucracy
Mo. House panel to consider education issues
Mo. House panel to consider education issues Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:37 am, Saturday, July 6, 2013 Committee members could review student transfers after the Missouri Supreme Court last month upheld a 20-year-old state law that requires unaccredited school ...
Education under huge pressure to cut costs – Woods
Documents released by Treasury confirm the Government is dampening demand for tertiary education to balance the books, says Labour’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Megan Woods. "The documents note that ‘even if pressures are scaled back and more aggressive savings options are taken, the savings generated in Budget 2013 in 2015/16 and 2016/17, would not be sufficient to address the funding gap ...
Education Reform Movement Learns Lesson From Old Standards
Under the No Child Left Behind law, states saw low test scores and the lowering of score standards. Advocates for the more rigorous Common Core standards say it will be harder for states to hide their failing schools.