MOVING ON UP: Delaware and Tennessee Win First Phase of the Race to the Top Competition Article

EDUCATION DEBATE: Obama and Romney Highlight Education Positions During First Presidential Debate Article

Although moderator Jim Lehrer of “PBS NewsHour” did not select education as one of the six segments on which the two candidates would focus during the first presidential debate, both President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney devoted a significant amount of time to the issue.

THE UNDEREDUCATED AMERICAN: United States Failing to Meet Demand for College-Educated Workers, New Report Finds Article

Even though the national unemployment rate continues to hover above 9 percent, individuals with postsecondary education are in high demand among employers and will continue to be as the economic recovery takes hold and hiring picks back up.

“DIPLOMAS MEAN DOLLARS”: High School Graduates Earn $8,000 More Annually Compared to High School Dropouts, According to New Data Article

FISCAL SURVEY OF STATES: New Report Finds Improving State Budgets, but Looming Challenges Article

Fiscal conditions in states are improving, but have not returned to prerecession levels of 2008.

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: NCEE Report Outlines American Agenda for Education Reform Based on Highest-Performing Nations Article

After examining the policy agendas of the most successful countries, a new report from the Nation Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) argues that the strategies driving the best-performing education systems in the world are rarely found in the United States.

COMMENCEMENT CHALLENGE: Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Memphis High School, Calls for NCLB Rewrite in Weekly Address Article

As the winner of the White House’s 2011 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee welcomed President Obama on May 16.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASES FY 2011 FINAL SPENDING TOTALS Article

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will receive $45.4 billion in discretionary federal funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 based on the spending plan that ED submitted to Congress last week.

“SAVING NOW AND SAVING LATER”: United States Loses $5.6 Billion Providing College Remediation, According to New Alliance Brief Article

Remedial education—courses designed for postsecondary students on basic skills that they did not master in high school—costs the United States an estimated $5.6 billion.

ON ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION, PROVIDING TRUE EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR ALL STUDENTS IS AN ECONOMIC NECESSICITY FOR THE NATION, NEW ALLIANCE STUDY FINDS Article