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States are looking at new ideas about teacher compensation as a way to keep good teachers in the schools that need them

Education Commission of the States (ECS)  - Parents' ability to transfer their children under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) from chronically low-performing schools to higher-performing ones will be limited without a major effort to expand the number and kind of options available to them, say two new policy briefs by the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

Community colleges are the critical access points of higher education and economic opportunity for half of the nation's college students. A new report called Keeping America's Promise shows that while these institutions are affordable and effective, they are undervalued and underfunded. 

ORLANDO -- States are making substantial progress implementing the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), although they still have far to go in some areas, says a new report released today by the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

Denver -- The Education Commission of the States (ECS) and Mid- continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) have launched a new online tool to help policymakers, education leaders, reporters and others better understand and evaluate education research.

Denver -- As districts and states create charter districts to improve student achievement, collective bargaining agreements with teachers are coming under intense scrutiny.