In a departure from the current state autonomy for what U.S. children are taught, the National Governors Association and state education chiefs Wednesday announced their recommendations for education standards nationwide.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will repay her state for travel expenses for nine trips with her children as part of a settlement of a 2008 ethics claim, the attorney who investigated the matter said Tuesday.
The recession has state-level fiscal budgets in crisis mode, according to a report released Wednesday.
Plagued by rising unemployment, falling tax revenue and increased demand for state services, governors from across the country will meet with President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to press for federal money to ease their fiscal strain.
Schools and states will now have to track and lift the graduation rates for all students under regulations being announced Tuesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings
Federal officials have a solution that could make comparing graduation rates from state to state, or even school to school, easier and more accurate within the next five years
In his weekly radio address, President Bush says Congress needs to pass a new intelligence bill.
President Bush on Monday urged the House of Representatives to vote on an update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, saying, "If the enemy is calling to America, we really need to know what they're saying."
On November 7, 2006, Americans will vote for federal, state and local officials. Use the information in this Extra! to help students understand what happens in midterm elections.
Fresh from his "charm offensive" in Europe, President Bush returned home to woo Americans with his plan for Social Security reform. But Bush may be facing as critical audience on the domestic front as on the international one.
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For decades Senators and Congressmen have toured the world on ''fact-finding'' missions, but until recently governors were so untraveled that they would get excited about a convention in Hot Spring...
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