State governors and education officials proposed new national standards for K-12 education today, a step President Obama believes is key to improving the quality of the nation’s schools. The voluntary…

WASHINGTON — The most interesting political developments violate ideological expectations. Why did Bill Clinton fight for NAFTA and accept an end to the welfare entitlement? Why did George W. Bush push a Medicare prescription drug benefit? In each case, some bold political calculation or deep policy conviction was at work. So why is President Barack Obama pursuing education reform with such …

Recently, Heritage Newspapers met up with Dexter resident Mary Newton to discuss the upcoming fundraiser for the Education Foundation of Dexter.

A law to make education a fundamental right of every child in the age group of six to 14 years has been notified and will be effective from April one, President Pratibha Patil said on Monday.