Background: Education Reform Dec 18, 2001 12:00 AM EDT. Leave your feedback. Share. ... Congress will increase education spending by 20% for the school year already under way, ...

But the effect of family background increases with time. Previous research has shown the gap is three times worse by the time children are 16, accounting for a 1.75 grade difference.

The chancellor’s spending review focus on investment in schools gives Britain’s children the chance of the best possible start in life, writes Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ...

Newly minted acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr., who has been officially nominated to head up the Education Department, loves to weave his background as a social studies teacher ...

It’s official, Boston’s exam schools will consider socioeconomic background in 100% of admissions decisions. At a June 14 meeting, the Boston School Committee voted unanimously to approve the ...

Linda McMahon's background -- in both education and as a co-founder of sports entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. -- has come under scrutiny since President-elect Donald ...

For example, in 2021, a background check returned weeks after a man started teaching at a Baton Rouge school found that he had been convicted in 2020 of multiple felonies and spent 10 months in ...