Administration Issues NCLB Waivers, New Legislation Introduced in the House
Last Thursday, President Obama announced that 10 states – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee – will receive waivers, exempting...
View ArticleNew School Turnaround Framework Proposed for ESEA
Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate are in the process of working on a bipartisan reform of the nation’s primary federal education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA),...
View ArticleESEA Blueprint Released
Today, President Obama sent to Congress his blueprint for the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). According to the President, the blueprint is not only a plan to rewrite the...
View ArticleESEA Rewrite Moves Forward with House Hearings
Today the House Education and Labor Committee announced its plans to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In a bipartisan effort,...
View ArticlePresident’s Budget Grants Priority to STEM Education
This has been a good week for STEM Education. President Obama released his FY2011 budget request with an unprecedented investment in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The...
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