by Emmarie Huetteman | Jul 27, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON — Eighteen states and the District of Columbia will vie for $3.4 billion as finalists in the second round of Race to the Top, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Tuesday. Whittled down from 36 applications, the finalists in this round include all of...
by Emmarie Huetteman | Jul 21, 2010 | Topics
Emmarie Huetteman/MNSThe scourge of Washington reporters: the silent telephone. WASHINGTON — It doesn’t take much to make me happy — a large sweet tea from Chick-fil-A. “Harry Potter” weekends on ABC Family. A ringing phone. Covering education in Washington in July...
by Emmarie Huetteman | Jul 15, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON — Most voters see public education as an economic issue, a new poll shows. And if Congress doesn’t act to reform the education system before November, about half say that inaction will be “highly important” when they cast their midterm ballots. About...
by Emmarie Huetteman | Jul 10, 2010 | Education
WASHINGTON — Schools struggle to meet the physical education needs of students with disabilities, according to a recent congressional investigation conducted in Maryland and six other states. Released in June, the report from the Government Accountability Office,...
by Emmarie Huetteman | Jun 29, 2010 | Politics
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan answers questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON — Putting a day of cordial opening statements behind...
