Sentences with phrase «existing federal education programs»

One of the sole pillars of the public education plan from President Donald Trump and Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos is to divert $ 20 billion from existing federal education programs to create a nationwide school voucher program.

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Asked to comment on the idea of a STEM master teacher corps, his spokesperson cited Kline's reaction to a report earlier this year that tallied the hundreds of existing federal programs aimed at improving STEM education.

Administration officials hope that shining a light on the numerous private - sector efforts already underway to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education will enhance existing federal programs.

Specifically, members of the National Association of Administrators of State and Federal Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of PreEducation Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of PresPrograms (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Preeducation programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Presprograms into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of Presprograms at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of President...

Requiring «highly qualified early educators,» dedicating existing federal funds for an early - education matching - grant program, and giving districts more flexibility to use Title I money for pre-K-3 programs are some of the major recommendations in a report on revamping the federal No Child Left Behind Act to improve schooling for younger children.

Although Davies says his «analysis is predicated on the assumption that compensatory programs... have fallen short of the buoyant expectations of the mid-1960s,» and notes that even at the time there was a «lack of convincing evidence that federal dollars were improving the quality of American education,» he does not explain why those expectations existed, or why dissenting voices went unheeded.

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

Though most education observers are sanguine about the RTT's potential, these same factors — enormous state budget deficits, local resistance to federal education directives, school - level preferences for existing jobs and programs, union opposition — are still in play and could lead to the same disappointing spending patterns.

In fact, President Lyndon B. Johnson's support for, and the subsequent enactment of, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965 — the first significant federal intervention into education, which continues to authorize the bulk of federal K — 12 spending today — was born out of a belief that existing education programs and spending were not adequate for poor Education Act (ESEA) in 1965 — the first significant federal intervention into education, which continues to authorize the bulk of federal K — 12 spending today — was born out of a belief that existing education programs and spending were not adequate for poor education, which continues to authorize the bulk of federal K — 12 spending today — was born out of a belief that existing education programs and spending were not adequate for poor education programs and spending were not adequate for poor children.

I assume that current federal spending on early childcare and education programs will be redirected to the new CESA program since the existing programs serve functions that are substantially redundant with the proposed childcare subsidy.

NSBA supports increasing federal funding for existing education programs before considering funding new programs that have not yet demonstrated positive results.

With both the House and Senate having passed their respective education bills, NSBA remains steadfast in working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to pass a final bill that restores community ownership to local school boards, maximizes federal funding for Title I, and excludes private vouchers, tuition tax credits, or existing voucher programs.

In addition to using existing state and local funds, school districts could use federal funds — ESSA Title I, Title II, and Title IV; Education Innovation and Research; AmeriCorps; and more — to finance these programs.

-- Except for «program accessibility, existing facilities», and «communications», regulations under subsection (a) shall be consistent with this Act and with the coordination regulations under part 41 of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (as promulgated by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on January 13, 1978), applicable to recipients of Federal financial assistance under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).

Both existing private and federal loans are eligible, including loans made under the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program, the Federal Family Education Loan Program, Health Education Assistance Loan Program, and the Federal Perkins Loan Pfederal loans are eligible, including loans made under the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program, the Federal Family Education Loan Program, Health Education Assistance Loan Program, and the Federal Perkins Loan PFederal Family Education Loan Program, Health Education Assistance Loan Program, and the Federal Perkins Loan PFederal Perkins Loan Program.

Through the WILLIAM D. FORD ACT the U.S. Department of Education offers various Student Loan Consolidation Programs in which will pay your existing lenders, which «consolidates» all of your federal loans into one new loan.

Consolidating student loans will put all your existing loans into the Federal Loan Forgiveness Program with the Department of Education.

Pending legislation in Congress to expand access to preschool has led some to question whether a new federal investment in early childhood education would be duplicative of existing programs.

Learn how Arkansas integrates early childhood education, parent education, and adult literacy through existing local, state, and federal family literacy programs.