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Senate Panel Approves New Early Education Funding for 2014
For more details on the Senate Appropriations Committee Labor-HHS-Education bill, check out this post from our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.The Senate Appropriations Committee voted last week to approve...
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Student Success Act Superlatives: the Best (and Worst) Additions to the House...
Following the world’s speediest markup, the House of Representatives could begin floor debate on the Student Success Act, the House Republican proposal to rewrite No Child Left Behind (NCLB), tomorrow....
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Bipartisan Student Loan Interest Rate Bill: Compromise vs. Trivial Talking...
The Senate is expected to vote today to approve a bill that would change how the government sets interest rates on federal student loans. The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 (S. 1334) was...
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Did House Republicans Overreach on Education Cuts?
House Republicans have spent all year gearing up for big cuts to education spending. And then yesterday they blinked.In a last-minute move, a House Appropriations subcommittee delayed a draft fiscal...
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New Data Needed Despite Survey of Early Childhood Spending Across the U.S.
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.States invested slightly more money into early childhood education in 2013 compared to 2012, according to a new survey of 21 states from the...
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New Data Needed Despite Survey of Early Childhood Spending Across the U.S.
This post originally appeared on our sister blog,Early Ed Watch.States invested slightly more money into early childhood education in 2013 compared to 2012, according to a new survey of 21 states from...
View ArticleHead Start Data Show 57,000 Children Will Lose Access to Pre-K
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Early Ed Watch.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released first-of-its-kind data exploring the effects of sequestration on early...
View ArticleHead Start Data Show 57,000 Children Will Lose Access to Pre-K
This post originally appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released first-of-its-kind data exploring the effects of sequestration on...
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Head Start to Harvard: A New America Story
As federal agencies prepare for a possible government shutdown at midnight tonight, it’s unclear if members of Congress have given much thought to the implications of pulling the plug on virtually all...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post also appeared on our sister blogs, Early Ed Watch and Higher Ed Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government....
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post first appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government. Unable to reach...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown Strands Departments of Education, HHS with Few Staff, No...
This post first appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.Congress spent the final moments of fiscal year 2013 last night in the throes of a debate over funding the government. Unable to reach...
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Tensions on Capitol Hill Driven by Spending Limits
Two weeks into a government shutdown, and only a few short days from reaching the federal debt ceiling, negotiations between Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House have gone nowhere....
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Shutdown Got Your Data? Check Out Our Federal Education Database
The federal government has been officially shut down for over two weeks now, and the impact has been real: furloughed employees across the country, Head Start programs shut down (and some reopened),...
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Shutdown Got Your Data? Check Out Our Federal Education Database
The federal government has been officially shut down for over two weeks now, and the impact has been real: furloughed employees across the country, Head Start programs shut down (and some reopened),...
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Shutdown Got Your Data? Check Out Our Federal Education Database
The federal government has been officially shut down for over two weeks now, and the impact has been real: furloughed employees across the country, Head Start programs shut down (and some reopened),...
View ArticleOur Long National Nightmare…Will Return Shortly
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Early Ed Watch.Last night, as the 16th day of the federal government shutdown drew to a close, the House and Senate approved, and President Obama signed into...
View ArticleOur Long National Nightmare…Will Return Shortly
This post originally appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.Last night, as the 16th day of the federal government shutdown drew to a close, the House and Senate approved, and President Obama...
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Key Questions: Education Policy in the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget
March 4, 2014Click here to view PDF President Barack Obama submitted his fiscal year 2015 budget request to Congress on March 4, 2014. The proposal, which includes $1.014 trillion in appropriations...
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Federal Funding for Students with Disabilities
The Evolution of Federal Special Education Finance in the U.S. June 27, 2014Clare McCannURL: http://education.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/IDEA_6_25_2014_FINAL.pdf Click here...
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