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Eyes on education at the White House in coming weeks

WASHINGTON (CNN) – While the situation in Libya and the Middle East will likely keep the White House busy for the next few weeks, the Obama administration is staying focused on domestic issues...

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History class gets presidential surprise

WASHINGTON (CNN) – The often separate worlds of U.S. foreign and domestic policy merged for a few minutes in Arlington, Virginia Monday afternoon when President Obama and visiting Australian Prime...

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Changing the way kids learn: a presidential vision

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) – It’s like many schools in heavily urban areas: there are metal detectors, the neighborhood is poorer than many and 90 percent of the students qualify for free or...

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White House conference tackles bullying

WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama will host the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention Thursday. "For a long time bullying was treated as an...

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Obama pushes No Child Left Behind

WASHINGTON (CNN) –  President Barack Obama called Monday for Congress to pass education reforms by the time students return to school next fall, telling a Virginia middle school that fixing problems in...

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Education Secretary wants NCAA March Madness reforms

WASHINGTON (CNN) – March Madness could have a whole new meaning if the Department of Education gets its way. The US Department of Education is calling on the NCAA to ban teams that don't graduate a...

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Could No Child Left Behind be history?

Ten years after the Bush administration’s landmark attempt to revamp the nation's education system with the No Child Left Behind law, President Obama is poised to allow states to opt out of the heavily...

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White House pushes for more disclosure on student loans

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - The Obama administration announced a push to have colleges make better disclosures to students about the true cost of loans, as well as graduation and loan default rates at each...

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Political squabbling over student loans continues

WASHINGTON (CNN) - With time running out for Congress to prevent a doubling of interest rates on federal student loans, the White House and Republican leaders exchanged accusations Thursday on who was...

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Election Day tradition: Game of hoops

In keeping with an Election Day tradition, President Obama took time out of his day to get in a game of hoops at a gym near his home in Chicago. The game, organized by the president's former personal...

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