A full year of progress in advancing education reform across America is documented in each of the Foundation for Excellence in Education's Annual Reports. The illustrated pages of the 2014 report, provide data-rich updates on Excellence in Education's work to advance student-centered policies in more than 40 states, all aimed at improving learning…

When the Department of Education released the first-year results for the Academic Competitiveness and National Smart Grant programs, it tried to put a positive spin on its disappointing numbers. There seemed no getting around this fact: The 2006-2007 participation rates for the two new grant programs, which supplement Pell Grants for low-income…

Five school districts in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area have joined forces to offer a shared high school program, the Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts, that offers advanced classes and other specialized programs that are not available at students' home schools. (MLF)

The costs of directing additional instructional resources to lower-division instruction is assessed. "Frontloading," or directing additional resources toward lower-division students, was recommended by a national study group because first- and second-year students are frequently taught by junior instructors in large classes in which they…