Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arne Duncan, former President Obama’s Education secretary, said Wednesday that President-elect Trump’s campaign promise to close ...

Former President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan flunked fellow Democrats for failing to run on improving schools — and ceding the education issue to Republicans. “We’re adrift, it’s ...

In bitterly partisan times, K-12 education policy has been one of the lesser-discussed issues and largely unattached to party labels in the presidential race between President Obama and challenger ...

Federal prosecutors and a lawyer for former Obama White House education advisor Seth Andrew are in initial talks about potentially disposing of the criminal case that accuses him of ripping off a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much ...

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday announced opposition to a bill that would return more power over schools to the states, reinforcing the Obama administration’s determination to maintain ...

Speaking from the Pathways in Technology Early College High School in Brooklyn, President Obama outlined one strategy for improving the economy: smarter investment in education. From The New York ...

President Obama announced on Friday his plan to offer relief to states that are chafing under the strict requirements of No Child Left Behind, the federal education standards championed by George W.

Arne Duncan, former President Obama’s Education secretary, said Wednesday that President-elect Trump’s campaign promise to close the Department of Education is “empty.” “Trump promising to eliminate ...