John Hechinger & Suzanne Sataline: More U.S. cities are considering scrapping a longstanding tradition in American education, the elected school board, and opting to let mayors rule over the classroom. Dallas and Milwaukee are currently mulling mayoral control of the city's schools, and Detroit is u...

You should start your web-day with the Florida Progressive Coalition. If you want it, we've got today's "FloBama". Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Homeless kids Another fine Jebacy: Florida has one of the highest rates of homeless childre...

As part of the negotiations for passing the increasingly embarrassingly delayed omnibus bill, the Senate is considering a number of Republican amendments, one of which would strip the omnibus bill of language that would kill the Washington Opportunity Scholarship program. The program, which allows 1...

As part of the negotiations for passing the increasingly embarrassingly delayed omnibus bill, the Senate is considering a number of Republican amendments, one of which would strip the omnibus bill of language that would kill the Washington Opportunity Scholarship program. The program, which allows 1...

President Barack Obama said he backs the idea of merity pay the best school teachers, a position that his union supporters have fought. Here, the full text of his prepared remarks: Every so often, throughout our history, a generation of Americans bears the responsibility of seeing this country throu...

During his speech to Congress last month, President Obama spoke, not for the first time, about a school in South Carolina he had visited during the campaign. Obama noted that the paint in the classrooms was peeling and that a passing train disrupted class six times per day. Obama also introduced the...

Andrew Coulson, via a kind reader's email: This week, education secretary Arne Duncan referred to DC public schools as a district with " more money than God." Perhaps he was thinking of the $24,600 total per-pupil spending figure I reported last year in the Washington Post and on this blog. If so, h...

I knew we could work together if we just tried! A $410 omnibus spending bill being piloted by Congressional Democrats ran into trouble last night, as Sen. Harry Reid was unable to get 60 votes to end debate on the measure after scheduling a vote for 8:15 p.m. Reid had hoped to ram the giant bill thr...

Are you aware of the "The abject Horror of the Employee Free Choice Act"? Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Do us a favor, governor. Run for the Senate." Pamela Hasterok: "It was bad, very, very bad. And the economy stinks, too." Crist's third...

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan jumped into the political fray over the Washington, D.C. school voucher program yesterday, indicating the administration would be more friendly to the scholarship than Congressional Democrats. Duncan opposes vouchers, he said in an interview with The Associated Pre...