Haley Sweetland Edwards

Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.

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Leaving Standardized Testing Behind

The backlash against standardized tests has left lawmakers searching for ways to keep parents happy yet still hold schools, and students, accountable

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Tide Turns For Telecom

For those of you who have waited hours for a cable repair guy who didn’t show up, or who got charged $700 for a remote control you didn’t know you had, here’s your moment of...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Comcast-TWC Merger Hits A Speedbump

New definition of broadband means that 63% of U.S. households would have only one choice for a broadband Internet provider

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Sarah Palin v. Hillary, Troll-Off

At the Iowa Freedom Summit over the weekend, Sarah Palin did her very best to troll Hillary Clinton. At one point, she held up a “Ready for Hillary” car magnet and quipped, “I’m ready for...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

What Lamar Alexander Thinks About No Child Left Behind

Sen. Lamar Alexander, the new chairman of the Senate committee on education, walked into Congress this month with guns a-blazin’.Twelve years after the passage of George W. Bush’s signature education bill, No Child Left Behind,...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

The Major Risks of Hacking Back

In the dark world of cyber crime, can turnabout be fair play?

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Obama to Reduce Emissions

It's 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

"Free Higher Ed For Everyone!"

President Obama announced Thursday a new proposal to cover the cost of two years of community college tuition for any and all American students who maintain good grades.While the plan seemed radical to some—and others...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Why Democrats Are Losing the Working Class

Hint: they don't vote.

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Republicans in Congress Just Made it Easier to Cut Taxes

In one of the first items of Congressional business yesterday, Republicans gave themselves a new magic wand. When you wave it over a major piece of tax legislation, it has the effect of making the...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Google Makes FCC's Case

Comcast, Verizon and AT&T have claimed for years that if the Federal Communications Commission lumps broadband service providers into the same legal category as other public utilities, like telephone companies, the Internet as we know...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Where Hillary Clinton Stands

Like other presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton had an opinion on just about everything in 2008. How to reform the U.S. health care system? Check. What to do about climate change? Check. Even minor issues like...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Hillary Clinton, Up, Up and Away

Hillary Clinton prepares a 2016 campaign on promises of upward mobility for the middle class

By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Little Rock, Ark.

Why Democrats Changed Their Minds on Cuba

It used to be that national politicians of both parties would diligently travel to Florida during every election cycle and compete, in speeches and town hall meetings, over who could be more in favor of...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

The One Issue that Will Complicate Jeb Bush's Campaign

Jeb Bush loves Common Core. The Republican base hates it.Bush’s announcement this morning that he plans to “explore the possibility of running for President of the United States” means that the Republican Party is going...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Why It Matters That Congress Just Swapped The Bank Swap Rule

A controversial change to the Dodd-Frank financial reforms trades more risk for taxpayers to get more profits for banks and their corporate clients

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Five Ways Net Neutrality Supporters are Winning the Debate

Proponents of net neutrality are winning the public debate, although that doesn’t mean they’ll win the policy fight.A new report (PDF) released today by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation shines some light...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Hillary Clinton Backers Release Country Music Video

"She's a mother, a daughter, and through it all she's a loving wife."

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Department of Education Walks Delicate Line on Single-Sex Classrooms

Guidelines won't make it easy for schools to create them

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Latinos, Young Voters Applaud Obama Action On Immigration, Polls Show

Latino voters of both parties blame Congressional Republicans for failing to pass an immigration reform bill

By Haley Sweetland Edwards
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