- Chicago, Milwaukee, and NYC have all terminated their federal Teacher Incentive Fund grants that promoted performance-based compensation plans and professional development for teachers and principals, thus giving up on an $88 million payout over five years.
- The National Education Association (NEA) is backing Obama’s push for the DREAM Act which would allow children of illegal immigrants conditional permanent residency and subsequent benefits.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimates that automatic budget cuts will eliminate $590 million from the Head Start program which will be more than $7.9 billion in 2012.
- A federal appeals court has ruled Alabama’s law ordering public schools to check the citizenship status of new students unconstitutional.
- The film Undroppable, coming out in mid-2013–targets some 1.2 million high schoolers who don’t graduate.
