By The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Jul. 3--The Republican Party under Ronald Reagan once promised to end the federal government's grip on local education, with its oppressive mandates that had little constitutional underpinning and a corrupting but addictive drip of funding to hide the pain.

By Aldridge, Jerry The Politics of Reading First Reading First is a part of the No Child Left Behind Act, which became law on January 8, 2002. Reading First was designed to help states, school districts, and schools ...

By Ese Isiorho, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Apr. 23--As Congress considers the reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, education organizations around the nation are throwing in their two cents.

By Peter Simon Several million dollars in federal money is being wasted each year on after-school tutoring for Buffalo students that is producing no real benefits, Superintendent James A. Williams charged. "I think this is totally a waste of money," Williams said.

By Hoar, William P Flunking Grades for Government