Teachers' Union urges voters to pass school budgets - The New York State United Teachers Union has launched a million dollar ad campaign asking voters in nearly 700 school districts to pass the budgets for education spending. (more)Spellings: Encourage Girls in Science Ed - Low participation in math and science activities by girls is keeping…

Star Parker: The NAACP and vouchers - Why would an organization that calls itself the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whose motto is "Making Democracy Work Since 1909," oppose individual choice and freedom and dedicate itself to promoting public policy that guarantees the perpetuation of black poverty? (more)New ideas on school choice…

Teachers union defends taking $3 million from investment firm - New York's largest teachers' union on Monday defended its practice of accepting $3 million from an investment company to sell a retirement plan of questionable value that State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has been investigating for months. (more) Baldacci signs bill to boost teachers' pay to…

GOP Joins Inquiry About Uncounted Kids - In an expanding call for answers, Republicans have joined Democrats in asking the Education Department why the test scores of many minority students are not being counted as promised under the No Child Left Behind law. (more)Florida wants feds to compile national teacher pay figures - State education…

AP: Rising number of schools face penalties - Falling short of requirements under President Bush's education law, about 1,750 U.S. schools have been ordered into radical "restructuring," subject to mass firings, closure, state takeover or other moves aimed at wiping their slates clean. (more news)

Bush sees defeats in his final session - With the failure to revive school vouchers and to curb a class size initiative, Gov. Jeb Bush learned a lesson that many governors learned before him: It's hard to control the Legislature even when it's run by your own party. (more)Spitzer Studying ING's Tie to Teachers' Union…

School reform in danger - This was supposed to be a landmark year for the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires the states to close the achievement gap between white and minority students in exchange for federal education dollars. (more)FL voucher programs in vulnerable position - Florida got into the voucher business seven years…

Legislature OKs oversight of vouchers -  Both chambers of the Florida legislature passed voucher accountability bills Thursday — unanimously in the Senate and 95-21 in the House. (more)

Senate proposes voucher compromise - Today the Florida Senate passed a compromise plan to preserve Gov. Jeb Bush’s statewide school voucher program. (more)

Florida House passes class size amendment despite defeat in Senate - A proposed Florida state constitutional amendment that would weaken Florida's class size reduction requirements narrowly passed in the House even though the Senate rejected a similar measure last week. (more) Experts say shortage of male teachers hurt students - The school year is winding…