Sentences with phrase «federal education legislation»

When President Bush affixed his signature to the No Child Left Behind Act on January 8, 2002, he arguably brought to life the most important piece of federal education legislation since 1965.

New federal education legislation passed last December, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces No Child Left Behind, gives state policymakers authority to redesign accountability systems.

Promising to use the power of the state to ensure that all children were proficient in reading and math by 2014, proponents heralded the act as the greatest piece of federal education legislation since the creation of the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965.

The prospect of eliminating state growth scores from teacher evaluation became a real possibility only after President Obama signed new federal education legislation on Dec. 10 to replace No Child Left Behind.

While federal education legislation during the last administration focused on the important goal of improving young children's foundational reading skills, these skills alone will not inoculate children against later academic difficulties.

While federal education legislation during the last administration focused on the important goal of improving young children's...

With that in mind, the course begins with a civics review, especially the complicated politics of federalism, then moves on to a history lesson in federal education legislation since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and finally to an overview of the actual policy mechanisms through which the federal government enforces and implements the law.

On April 19, Joel Packer, the National Education Association's manager of policy for federal education legislation, and Antonia Cortese, the executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, fielded questions about how the nation's top two teachers» unions are trying to influence the reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Gareth Davies, a historian at Oxford University, brings care and precision to his study of the process that produced federal education legislation and regulation in the United States from the mid-1960s into the 1980s.

The agenda, which was unveiled at ASCD's 2009 Annual Conference, is designed to help the Association, its members, and other educators influence policy discussions and decisions regarding federal education legislation as well as reforms at the state and local levels.

Making Sure Every Student Succeeds The newest federal education legislation ESSA provides many opportunities to rethink how to improve our state's public education.

A Trump administration would probably take a backseat to investigating civil rights issues and monitoring states» implementation of major federal education legislation.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has now replaced No Child Left Behind as the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), our flagship federal education legislation, opening the door for states and districts to do better, but we still have a long way to go.

In April, she wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan saying she would freeze the state's targets for proficiency — a move flouting the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the landmark federal education legislation that sets performance benchmarks for public schools across the country.

These days, Washington, D.C., policymakers are focused on working through the details of implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which is replacing No Child Left Behind as the nation's preeminent federal education legislation.

The prospect of eliminating the state ELA and math scores for grades 3 - 8 from teacher evaluation became a real possibility only after President Barack Obama signed new federal education legislation on Dec. 10 to replace the No Child Left Behind Act.

Rep. Chris Gibson, touting new federal education legislation that, if passed, would put many policy decisions back in the hands of the state, urged Albany to roll back the Common Core learning standards, essentially calling out Cuomo.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

Based on a strict interpretation of the federal education legislation passed by Congress in December and set for signing by President Bush this week, few states currently meet its requirements for an unprecedented expansion of state testing systems.

The Hechinger Report: If it doesn't get reauthorized soon, what do you see the future of federal education legislation being?

The hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind, but the big question on the minds of Read more about ESSA: Time for States to Seize the Initiative -LSB-...]

Passage of the federal education legislation, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), in 2015 put a focus on social - emotional learning.

Any talk of abandoning No Child Left Behind is foolish because NCLB is the continuation of a long trail of federal education legislation that traces back to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

The ALSDE was not tasked to defend or promote the federal education legislation through parental engagement tours or its ESSA meetings.

CASEL has joined a growing number of educational organizations across the country in welcoming and applauding the new federal education legislation, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which President Obama signed into law in December 2015.