Reason for hope: In the 21st - century, administrations from both parties
expanded the federal role in education, encouraging reform and experimentation to an unprecedented degree.
In yet another illustration of his selective embrace of conservative precepts, President - Elect Trump has proposed
an expanded federal role...
JW:
An expanded federal role will allow our entire nation to cut through some of the political fog that has prevented good, sound ideas about how to change our schools from getting the go - ahead to proceed as part of a major systemic reform strategy.
George W. Bush, who
expanded the federal role in education, had to fight to get eliminating the department out of the Republican Party platform in 2000.
The expanded federal role has been most evident in a thoroughly revamped National Assessment of Educational Progress (1988); the Clinton administration's Goals 2000 Act (1994); the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind Act (2001); and, most recently, the «Race to the Top» component of the 2009 economic stimulus act, which will award competitive grants to states that, in the judgment of the Obama administration, have what it takes to turn around failing schools and boost student achievement.
Bipartisan in its origins but controversial in its execution, NCLB, which is the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
expanded the federal role in education and targeted improving the achievement of disadvantaged students.
It calls for
an expanded federal role in education, which somehow or other still respects the primary role of states, districts, and schools.
South Carolina's Superintendent of Education Mick Zais has already made it abundantly clear that his state will not be applying, saying: «The Race to the Top program
expands the federal role in education by offering pieces of silver in exchange for strings attached to Washington.
In reality, No Child did little to
expand the federal role.
The expanding federal role in teacher workforce policy.
Fifty years ago, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
expanding the federal role in education was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.
Not exact matches
Since 2007, U.S.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has greatly
expanded his
role and that of his institution.
Alternatively, do you maintain, and perhaps even
expand the
role of the
federal government through a combination of higher revenues and spending restraint?
The state budget in response would
expand the
role of the executive office and authorize the state budget director to reduce available funds during the fiscal year if
federal revenues are lower than projected — including after the legislature signs off on the plan.
From the 1825 completion of the Erie Canal to the international border with Canada to current connectors such as major railroads, international bridges, state and
federal highways, international airports and ports, the region continues to play a critical
role in moving goods,
expanding global trade and creating prosperity.
As our knowledge of the
role of pathogen and host genomic factors in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease
expands, it is critical that we evaluate current legal frameworks to determine the extent to which current genetic privacy laws - for example, both state and
federal in the US - may hinder our ability to use genetic information to protect the health of both individuals and the general public.
After being typecast as a gangster he gradually
expanded the scope of his
roles, and, in the»40s, gave memorable «good guy» performances as in a number of psychological dramas; he played
federal agents, scientists, Biblical characters, business men, bank clerks, among other characters.
Influential education advocates have denounced the House and Senate proposals to reform the testing and accountability requirements of No Child Left Behind as a «retreat» from the
expanded, post-NCLB
federal role.
Well - functioning school choice requires a
federal role in gathering and disseminating high - quality data on school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular schools; and supports a growing supply of school options through an
expanded, equitably funded charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
They will have bold ideas about
expanding Head Start, creating a national science curriculum, mandating
federal rules on teacher certification, ballooning Washington's
role in online learning, and so much more.
The bill
expanded and reshaped the
federal role in education, requiring states for the first time to annually test students who are in third grade through eighth grade in reading and math.
The judiciary's
role in social policymaking
expanded broadly with the rights revolution of the 1960s, as the public's thirst for «total justice» combined with the courts» willingness to embrace new legal doctrines, increasingly long and complicated
federal statutes, and the emergence of well - funded advocacy organizations to generate a surge of litigation across policy areas.
On the Republican side, you have many who want to dramatically reduce the
federal footprint in
federal education policy, and then others who accept that there is going to be a
federal role, and think it needs to enhance accountability and
expand choice where possible.
Giving Every Student Access to Excellent Teachers: Center for American Progress and Public Impact explain potential
federal government
role in
expanding every student's access to excellent teaching, attracting and retaining top teachers, and providing on - the - job development and higher pay http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BetterLearning-report-1.pdf
Now, DeVos is President - elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. education secretary, and observers expect her to lessen the
federal role in public education and vigorously advocate to
expand access to voucher and charter schools in other states just like she has done here.
The most recent reforms have further
expanded the
role of the states and built
federal reforms on top of these state efforts.
Members were moved to weigh in, she said, out of concern that U.S. schools have fallen behind even as the
federal role in education has
expanded.
The goal of this pro-bono state - level support project is to ensure that each state's ESSA Implementation Plan has school library stakeholders at the table during development, a robust professional engagement during public comment to support the stakeholder objectives, and that every avenue to
expand the
role and stature of school librarians in each state is, as authorized under
federal law, explored.
«The Department takes exception to the CFPB unilaterally
expanding its oversight
role to include the Department's contracted
federal student loan servicers,» DeVos wrote.
Are you concerned that this stretches too far beyond PEER's traditional
role as protecting public employees, or is this a sign of PEER
expanding beyond that sphere to any scientist working under public (
federal) grants?
Beyond solar, BHE's utilities have also played a major
role in
expanding the Western Energy Imbalance Market, as well as having an outsized influence on reforming
federal regulations like PURPA.
The
role of the
federal coal leasing program in increasing the supply of coal and carbon pollution was highlighted by a recent
federal court ruling, which blocked Arch Coal's plan to
expand a mine in Colorado.
Policymakers at the
federal and state level should build upon these efforts to
expand Early Head Start and take leadership
roles to ensure that all at - risk infants and toddlers enter school ready to learn and succeed.
FQHCs are an essential part of the nation's overall health care safety net, serving 25 million people annually, seven in 10 of whom live at or below the
federal poverty level.2 Their
role has been
expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which invested billions of new dollars into FQHC infrastructure, driving considerable nationwide growth in the number of sites and their capacity.3 In conjunction with their overall growth, FQHC sites have become increasingly integral to the national publicly funded family planning effort.