Posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services
Source: Blad/Ujifusa, Education Week
Date: 1/14/2021
Link: Complete Article
Miguel Cardona remembers how overwhelmed he felt when he walked into school for the first time as a student. The son of parents who moved to Meriden, Conn., from Puerto Rico as children, he lived in public housing and didn’t speak English as a young child. “I remember my first day of kindergarten at John… [Read More]
Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services
Source: Joe Heim, Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now at least, derails the administration’s goal of directing federal dollars toward promoting and expanding school choice and private school vouchers. The 29 to 2 vote on the… [Read More]
Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services
Source: Dana Goldstein, New York Times
Date: March 9, 2017
Link: Complete Article
With all the attention paid to President Trump’s lightning-rod secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and her advocacy for private school vouchers, little public notice has been paid to the action on education in Congress — where lawmakers have broader power than Ms. DeVos to make changes to the nation’s school system. Now, Congress has done… [Read More]
