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First Look: Sen. Harkin’s Strengthening America’s Schools Act
Yesterday, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released yet another attempt to reauthorize No Child Left Behind: the Strengthening America’s...
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Teachers and Principals in Senator Harkin’s NCLB Reauthorization Plan
In many ways, the latest reauthorization effort from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)–the Strengthening America’s Schools Act (SASA)–reads like an endorsement of the administration’s NCLB flexibility plan....
View ArticleHarkin Bill Reforms Teacher and Principal Programs
Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Strengthening America’s Schools Act (SASA). We profiled its major changes here, and a few significant mentions for early childhood education...
View ArticleHarkin Title I Reforms Readjust Funding Allocations
This week, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Tom Harkin (D-IA) released a new draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)....
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Harkin, Alexander, and Waivers: Your ESEA Markup Cheat Sheet
Tomorrow morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will markup the Strengthening America’s Schools Act, the latest ESEA reauthorization proposal from Chairman Tom Harkin...
View ArticleSen. Harkin’s Strengthening America’s Schools Act, Title III
Now that my colleagues Anne Hyslop and Clare McCann have dug into the changes that Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) Strengthening America’s Schools Act (SASA) proposes for Title I and Title II (here and...
View ArticleStorify: Senate HELP Committee ESEA Markup
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View ArticleStorify: Senate HELP Committee ESEA Markup
Tuesday and Wednesday, the Senate HELP Committee convened to mark up Chairman Tom Harkin's (D-IA) bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. @NewAmericaEd's Anne Hyslop and Conor...
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English Language Learners in Rep. Kline's Student Success Act
The parade of bills that could replace No Child Left Behind continues this week with Wednesday’s markup of Rep. John Kline’s (R-MN) version. All signals suggest that this won’t be the year Congress...
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Update: A New NCLB Reauthorization Cheat Sheet
After the partisan markup in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, it is the House of Representatives' turn to debate reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. The Student Success...
View ArticleStorify: House Ed & Workforce Committee ESEA Markup
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View ArticleStorify: House Ed & Workforce Committee ESEA Markup
On Wednesday, the House Education & Workforce Committee convened to debate Chairman John Kline's (R-MN) proposed Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization. Ranking Member George Miller...
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If Congress Agrees the Era of Big Government is Over, Why Can’t We Get an...
Considering Congress hasn’t figured out how to compromise on student loan interest rates (despite the fact that President Obama and a bipartisan group of Senators proposed shockingly similar plans), it...
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Student Success Act Superlatives: the Best (and Worst) Additions to the House...
Following the world’s speediest markup, the House of Representatives could begin floor debate on the Student Success Act, the House Republican proposal to rewrite No Child Left Behind (NCLB), tomorrow....
View ArticleAt National Journal: Where Teachers Fit in Today’s ESEA Debate
Last week the National Journal Education Expert blog posed a question about teacher provisions in the House (H.R.5) and Senate (S.1094) ESEA reauthorization bills and whether the “highly qualified...
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The Federal Role in Education: Mend it, Don’t End It
A few weeks ago I asked, “if Congress agrees the era of big government is over, why can’t we get an ESEA deal?” Both the Senate Democrats’ and House Republicans’ proposals to rewrite the No Child Left...
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Storify: House 'No Child Left Behind' Debate
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Ed Money Watch.On July 18 and 19, members of the U.S. House of Representatives took to the floor for a heated debate on a proposed reauthorization of the No...
View ArticleStorify: House 'No Child Left Behind' Debate
This post also appeared on our sister blog, Early Ed Watch.On July 18 and 19, members of the U.S. House of Representatives took to the floor for a heated debate on a proposed reauthorization of the No...
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At US News' Debate Club: Fix, Don't Eliminate, the Federal Role in Education
Yesterday, US News & World Report asked five experts in its Debate Club whether the Senate should pass the House’s No Child Left Behind rewrite – the Student Success Act. With the last week's House...
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Waiver Watch: Let the Renewal Games Begin
As Ed Money Watch previously reported, the U.S. Department of Education has placed three states – Kansas, Oregon, and Washington – on “high risk” status for their ESEA waiver plans related to new...
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