Republican National Convention 2004
Daily updates from the Republican National Convention, from Education Week.
Federal
Paige Champions Education Law in Prime Time Convention Spot
A prime time speaking spot by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige at the Republican National Convention highlighted an evening of speakers and videos that returned again and again to the theme of education reform.
Education
Reporter's Notebook
Texas delegate Geraldine A. Sam got a lot of television time during the 2000 Republican National Convention and she expects to get the same here in New York during this gathering.
Red State, Red Hat
Texas delegate Geraldine A. Sam got a lot of television time during the 2000 Republican National Convention and she expects to get the same here in New York during this gathering.
Education
NEA Reaches Out to Republicans
The National Education Association is using this week's Republican National Convention as a springboard to reach out to Republicans more than ever before, despite an endorsement earlier this year of Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts for president.
Education
69传媒 Join in Protest as GOP Convention Opens
The first time Naomi Gordon-Loebl can remember taking to the streets, she wound up taking to the nearest tree. Accompanying her parents to a rally protesting the first Persian Gulf war 13 years ago, Naomi, then four years old, scooted up a suitable trunk in Washington's Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House.
Education
NEA Woos Republican Lawmakers
The nation's largest teachers' union staged a meet-and-greet luncheon on Aug. 30 to try to win over what has been a tough audience lately: Congressional Republicans.
Education
Reporter's Notebook
Andrew Conneen and Daniel P. Larsen could be called convention groupies.
Party Animals
Andrew Conneen and Daniel P. Larsen could be called convention groupies.
School Choice & Charters
Reporter's Notebook
Like many of her friends in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, Anais Rodriguez, 12, had never heard of a charter school until someone told her about one nearby. A few years after enrolling, she's starting to think about going to college, which until recently was an equally mysterious educational option.
Charter Cheers
Like many of her friends in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, Anais Rodriguez, 12, had never heard of a charter school until someone told her about one nearby. A few years after enrolling, she's starting to think about going to college, which until recently was an equally mysterious educational option.
Federal
Bush Touts Ed. Law's Successes, Promises High School Reforms
President Bush accepted his party's nomination for president with a promise to improve the nation's high schools by pushing the same kinds of reforms he has supported at various grade levels under the sweeping mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act.