Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Senator Edward M. Kennedy will meet with representatives from over a dozen agencies that are currently providing relief to victims of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. Kennedy will take recommendations from the groups as the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, of which he is the ranking member, considers...

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander is floating a new education idea in Washington that is worth serious consideration. His plan would provide $500 Pell Grants to underprivileged kids. The money could be used for anything from in-school extracurricular activity expenses to private school tuition. Inside most of today's public and private classrooms, all...

Four years ago, Democrats worked with President Bush to adopt the No Child Left Behind Act, to create a new, national commitment to public education, based on two central goals: supporting the improvement of America’s schools and requiring accountability for results in learning. These are still the right goals for our schools, but the sad...