Seattle — A new Gallup Poll has found fewer Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing in support of public education, but they continue to have a highly favorable opinion of their local schools.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA) commends the US Senate for advancing Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation prior to the body’s August recess. “The Senate, Agriculture Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln and Senator Chambliss should be applauded for their tireless efforts to meet the nutritional needs of America’s school children,” said SNA President Nancy Rice, M.Ed., RD, LD, SNS …

More Utah schools met testing goals this year under federal No Child Left Behind standards than last year. However, eight Utah school still aren’t making the grade.

When President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Race to the Top education program is the country’s most “ambitious, meaningful reform effort” attempted in generations, it might have sounded a little disheartening to Maine officials.