Sentences with phrase «federal education policy since»

Closing the achievement gap between the United States» disadvantaged students and the rest of our students has been the major focus of federal education policy since 1965, when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed.

Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.

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However, the function of overseeing education policy within the country has had some vestige at the federal level since 1867.

Since his time on Appian Way, Roberto has made significant contributions to federal education policy, working closely with both President Obama and the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy on key education issues,» Ryan said.

These are the most important, but by far not the only, mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal statute that, under various names, has guided special education policy siEducation Act (IDEA), the federal statute that, under various names, has guided special education policy sieducation policy since 1975.

Though many states have special education laws of their own — a few of them as innovative as Florida's McKay Scholarship Program --- and multiple federal statutes influence how society does (and doesn't) treat disabled individuals, both in school and beyond, the principal policy engine in the K — 12 realm remains the federal IDEA statute, which has not been reauthorized since 2004 and — as many others have noted — is due for a top - to - bottom review.

But in the years since A Nation at Risk, the rhetoric of high expectations, accountability, and ensuring that all students - especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - have an equal opportunity to receive quality education has been accompanied by a series of federal initiatives including Clinton's 1994 re-authorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary School Act, subsequent education «policy summits,» and George H. W. Bush's Goals 2000.

Since 2009, Pioneer has led the campaign against Common Core national education standards and federal control of K - 12 education policy, publishing a series of reports showing that the state's adoption of national standards weakens the quality of academic content in Massachusetts» classrooms, and raising serious questions about the legality and the costs of Common Core.

This, in turn, points out a reality that neither the Obama Administration nor Beltway wonks such as Petrilli fail to admit: That No Child has been the single - biggest advance in education policy, both at the federal level and among states and local governments, since the Defense Education Acteducation policy, both at the federal level and among states and local governments, since the Defense Education ActEducation Act of 1958.

The latest results on the most important nationwide math test show that student achievement grew faster during the years before the Bush - era No Child Left Behind law, when states were dominant in education policy, than over the years since, when the federal law has become a powerful force in classrooms.

Teacher unions and other education advocates who favor the bill have been stressing that the Protect Our Schools Act serves as a preemptive measure against school privatization, particularly since Drumpf and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both advocates of charters and vouchers, now guide federaeducation advocates who favor the bill have been stressing that the Protect Our Schools Act serves as a preemptive measure against school privatization, particularly since Drumpf and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both advocates of charters and vouchers, now guide federaEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos, both advocates of charters and vouchers, now guide federal policy.

Since taking office in January, Secretary DeVos has been tasked with reviewing the structure and mission of the agency along with analyzing work products (i.e. regulations) within the framework of reducing the federal imprint on education policy.

In fact, it has been the single - biggest advance in education policy, both at the federal level and among states and local governments, since the Defense Education Acteducation policy, both at the federal level and among states and local governments, since the Defense Education ActEducation Act of 1958.

And since most education policy doesn't impact the children of Congresspersons (they are much more likely to attend private schools or public schools who haven't been sanctioned under Federal education policy than the children of the average voting American) it's a place where Congress can show America that they know how to work together without being held accountable for anything.

Since the report appeared, major business leaders have been consistently and directly involved in U.S. federal education policy.

President Obama's and Governor Romney's approaches to the federal education policy that has been governed by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) since 2002 are significantly different (PDF).