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Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:
News and Analysis
A new Senate bill would require federal student loan programs to use so-called fair-value accounting — which would show a much larger cost to the government of the program. (Politico)
WASHINGTON — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law and its annual school testing requirements. (PBS)
Teach for America, the education powerhouse that has sent thousands of handpicked college graduates to teach in some of the nation’s most troubled schools, is suddenly having recruitment problems. (New York Times)
The Los-Angeles based Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has announced that it will be taking a break from awarding its $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education in order to update the award to coincide with the changes going on in K-12 public education. (Education News)