President Barack Obama today called on states to take up the mantle of innovation in the classroom.
The Maine Department of Education doesn't have all the details yet showing how federal economic stimulus money will affect local school districts.
President Barack Obama tonight issued a challenge to every American citizen: commit to at least one year of higher education.
The goal? By 2020, the president wants the United States to top the world in the percentage of citizens with a college degree.
Policymakers in Washington, D.C., agree the No Child Left Behind Law, a product of the Bush administration, needs reworking.
Maine teachers and others who attended an information session last week about high school graduation requirements probably had little idea the presentation they heard dovetailed so closely with the Republican party's national strategy.
Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron is one of 10 state education chiefs serving on a task force laying the ground work for President-elect Barack Obama's Education Secretary.
