These penalties for failing to protect workers pale in comparison to the penalties for failing to protect animals or the environment generally.
All children should be challenged to develop the complex skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the jobs of the future.
We set an ambition for ourselves to cut the dropout rate in half in 10 years from 2 years ago.
The historic investments we made in President Obama's Recovery Act were a great start.
Forty-eight states have now signed on to this initiative. They agree that this state-led effort is critical to regain our role as a world le...
I couldn't agree more, and we need to do everything we can to support this effort.
Moving forward, the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will be a critical opportunity to rethink and evolve the n...
The result is that children in Mississippi may not be pushed with the same rigor as children in Massachusetts.
I commend the Governors, the chief State school officers, Achieve, ACT, and the College Board and all of the partners in the common core ini...
Please send your written response to the Committee on Education and Labor staff by COB on Monday, November 16, 2009--the date on which the h...
I appreciate the opportunity to address the questions raised in your November 6, 2009 correspondence.