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In a 10-page letter to be sent on Tuesday to thousands of school districts and colleges, the Department of Education urges the nation’s educators to ensure that they are complying with their responsibilities to prevent harassment, as laid out in federal laws. The letter is the product of a yearlong review of the federal statutes and case law covering sexual, racial and other forms of harassment, officials said. Issuing the letter took on new urgency in recent weeks because of a string o...

Obama Proposes Overhaul in Education Law 

By Sam Dillon

Published: March 13, 2010, New York Times

The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind law, proposing to eliminate divisive provisions, including those that have encouraged instructors to te...

Whitmire: New data on how far boys are falling behind

Blog Entry by Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post

Published March 12, 2010

By Richard Whitmire, former president of the National Education Writers Association, who writes the Eduation Week blog, "Why Boys Fail."

A...

Natalie Randolph to coach Coolidge High School football team

By Alan Goldenbach, Washington Post

Thursday, March 11, 2010

In Natalie Randolph's first season as wide receivers coach at H.D. Woodson High School in the District a few years ago, one of the most difficult moments each week came at the end of the game when t...

Student loan overhaul seems likely to join Senate health-care bill

By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, March 11, 2010; 4:49 PM

Senate Democrats said Thursday that they are inclined to add an overhaul of the nation's student loan program to the final health-c...

Risk and Opportunity for Women in 21st Century

By Katrin Bennhold, New York Times

Published: March 5, 2010

PARIS — Daniel Louvard does not believe in affirmative action. Time and again, the scientists in his Left Bank cancer laboratory have urged him to recruit with gender diversity in mind. But Mr....

Governors, state school superintendents propose common academic standards

By Nick Anderson, Washington Post

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Several states are poised to adopt standards proposed Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, a crucial step in President Oba...

Shalala Outlines Educational Benefits of New Post-9/11 GI Bill for Military Veterans and Service Members

Washington Post Blog Entry by Valerie Strauss

Published: March 9, 2010

By Donna E. Shalala, University of Miami President

“You Served. Get Benefits.” That’s the messag...

Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws

By Nick Anderson, Washington Post Staff Writer

Monday, March 8, 2010

Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to announce Monday that his agency is ramping up enforcement of civil rights laws in schools and colleges, a move that seeks to draw a ...

Teachers Suspended Over Role Model Choice 

By Jennifer Steinhauer

Published: March 4, 2010 (New York Times)

LOS ANGELES — His name has not been released, so it was not possible Thursday to ascertain what an elementary school teacher here was thinking when he pinned a photo of O. J. Simpson on the shirt of a second-g...