Scholar Diane Ravitch: ‘We’ve lost sight’ of schools’ goal (USA Today)

The education historian supported No Child Left Behind at first, but has since drastically changed her views.

Steeler Testifies In Child Obesity Hearings (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)

A Senate committee held a hearing Thursday on ways to reverse the child obesity epidemic in the United States, and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall was among those who testified.

Mass. among finalists for Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’ education grants (Boston Herald)

MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Education named 16 finalists today in the first round of its “Race to the Top”…

Lawmakers agree to overhaul No Child Left Behind law (The Montclair Times)

WASHINGTON — Senior House Republicans and Democrats plan to announce today that they will team up to rewrite the No Child Left Behind education law, a rare show of bipartisanship in the polarized Congress.

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