Mikulski to Head Up Appropriations Panel
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who had a shot at the job, will stay on as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Read Full Post >
All Blog Posts With ESEA reauthorization Tag or Category
December 19, 2012
January 31, 2012
Kline Teacher Proposal Would Create Winners and Losers
States that have seen big explosions in population also would see a big jump in federal funding for teacher quality under a little noticed provision of a draft bill to renew the No Child Left Behind Act introduced by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn. Read Full Post >
January 25, 2012
Business, Civil Rights Groups Blast Kline's NCLB Proposal
A top GOP lawmaker's plan for rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act amounts to a "rollback" of the law, 38 business, civil rights, and other advocacy organizations said in a letter sent to its author this week. Read Full Post >
December 15, 2011
House Republicans Likely to Write Own NCLB Bill
GOP lawmakers on the House education committee are likely to write a Republican-only version of a bill renewing the Elementary and Secondary Education, a House GOP aide said. Read Full Post >
November 30, 2011
Poor Schools Shortchanged on Funding, Ed. Dept. Says
Nearly half of all high-poverty schools, including schools that get Title I money, fell at least 10 percent short on state and local aid compared with the average school in their district, a study of 13,000 districts found. Read Full Post >
November 11, 2011
House Minority Lawmakers Want Subgroup Targets in ESEA Bill
A group of House lawmakers from areas with many Asian, African-American, and Hispanic students want performance targets for various student subgroups in any ESEA rewrite. Read Full Post >
November 08, 2011
ESEA Bill Gets Day in Sun at Senate Hearing
A chief Democratic sponsor of the measure cast it as an important, but imperfect compromise, while Republicans said it wouldn't do enough to rein in the federal role in education. Read Full Post >
November 04, 2011
ESEA Bill Poised for Hearing, But Will it Gain Senate Traction?
A bill to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act faces a crowded Senate calendar worry over some provisions, as some keep an eye on the House. Read Full Post >
October 20, 2011
Senate Ed. Panel Debates Goals, Turnarounds in ESEA Bill
The Senate education committee rejects an effort to change assessments and standards for students with disabilities and debates options for low-performing schools in the second day of markup on an ESEA reauthorization bill. Read Full Post >
October 19, 2011
Civil Rights, State Chiefs, Business Groups Oppose Harkin-Enzi Bill
A broad basket of groups officially comes out against the ESEA reauthorization bill proposed by U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., objecting chiefly to the bill's accountability provisions. Read Full Post >
