This article discusses the Greek Parliament's controversial education bill passed recently that sparked riots and unrest in Athens. The government's controversial education package includes measures that would limit the number of years students can take to complete a university degree and would curtail university asylum laws. A separate proposal…

Reading First is a $900-million-a-year project that offers states grants to improve reading instruction for children in kindergarten through third grade. However, Reading First is now awash in allegations of mismanagement and conflicts of interest. The Education Department's inspector general issued a report that declared that the program's…

State reforms of teacher education formally adopted since 1986 are reported, including statewide initiatives by legislatures, higher education governing and coordinating boards, boards of education, and teacher certification boards. (MSE)

South Carolina is planning to base all appropriations to higher education on performance indicators rather than enrollments and facility needs. The new law gives financial incentives to improve, and outlines 37 criteria for judging institutional performance. Institutions fear the system will be biased against them or not take into account their…

Provisions of federal legislation to extend federal support of student financial aid programs, educational facilities, migrant and disadvantaged programs, libraries, community development, continuing and cooperative education, graduate study, institutional aid, international studies, minority recruitment into science, teacher education, veterans…