Sentences with phrase «federal footprint in education»

Never mind that this brief account of Senator Alexander's career is incredibly misleading; Alexander joined other Republicans in calling for the elimination of the Department of Education in the mid-1990s, and has long pushed for a smaller federal footprint in education.

Former department Assistant Secretary Carmel Martin wrote, some might say incongruously, that ESSA wasn't a departure because Duncan «had actually shrank the federal footprint in education.»

Reflecting a seismic shift in attitudes toward the federal footprint in education, states and districts are getting broad flexibility when it comes to how they measure school and student progress.

That's right: Contrary to popular belief, Secretary Arne DuncanArne Starkey DuncanObama Education secretary mocks Pruitt over staff raises Parkland survivors talk gun violence with Chicago high schoolers Trump administration is putting profits over students MORE actually shrank the federal footprint in education by empowering states to be drivers of education reform.

«President Trump is committed to reducing the federal footprint in education, and that is reflected in this budget,» Secretary of Education DeVos told members of a key House subcommittee.

Republicans, however — who have praised DeVos's willingness to shrink the federal footprint in education and take on teachers unions — showed no signs of withdrawing their support, meaning it appears DeVos almost certainly will be confirmed.

On the right, conservatives want to shrink the federal footprint in education even further; on the left, the civil rights community and the Obama administration have argued that federal government must have the power to keep states from hiding achievement gaps or ignoring struggling schools.

While the administration's proposed cuts have been embraced by fiscal conservatives who argue that Education Department programs need to be trimmed or eliminated, some conservatives are also troubled by the administration's proposal to invest new money in school choice, saying that represents an unwelcome expansion of the federal footprint in education.

It provides more flexibility and authority to states and local school districts, and it seeks to remove the federal footprint in education policy.