Sentences with phrase «federal involvement in education»

What lessons have been learned from the past half - century of federal involvement in education?
A half - century of ever - increasing federal involvement in education has failed to increase academic achievement.
The era also saw the beginning of a new federal involvement in education that would spread out in all directions in the coming years.
Nonetheless, greater equity in schooling has undoubtedly been achieved by federal involvement in education.
The Every Student Succeeds Act really scales back Federal involvement in education after the perceived heavy - handedness of NCLB.
After No Child Left Behind established a high watermark for federal involvement in education, the new bill slashes the federal role by historic proportions, experts say.
Many Republicans clamoring for less federal involvement in education support the replacement bill for their own reasons.
With «states rights» and «local control» discredited by association with segregationists, people resisting federal involvement in education lacked an ideology to justify their stance and the political means to sustain it.
This year, however, the GOP platform makes clear that there should be as little federal involvement in education as possible.
His narrow vision lets him dodge the question that should ultimately engage historians of American public education: to what extent, if any, were schools, teachers, and students better or worse off as a result of federal involvement in education policymaking?
Policy wonks are touting the reversal of a long - standing trend towards federal involvement in education and the return of control from states to districts over key education initiatives like accountability, school turnarounds, and teacher evaluations.
I consider Mike a friend, but I find it troubling that he and others seem willing to walk away from his good policy ideas simply because the political winds today are less friendly to federal involvement in education policy.
Not to be outdone, Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), the education committee's top Republican, released a competing NCLB rewrite that significantly rolls back federal involvement in education compared to the Harkin bill.
«I promise to first put all money raised towards attempting to get a private audience with Governor Herbert to discuss education issues,» Butler wrote, «and then towards fighting back against federal involvement in our education system, and encouraging local involvement and control.»
Yes, the e-talkers range from neoconservative Chester E. «Checker» Finn to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, but in one way or another all of the discussants believe in significant federal involvement in education.
While Senator Flake's explicit involvement in student loan legislation is unclear, it is known that he opposes federal involvement in education.
The Obama administration kept its distance because of a general wariness at both the district and state levels of federal involvement in education.
Many politicians that opposes the Department of Education and federal involvement in education support re-introducing private banks to the student loan industry for the first time since the financial crisis.
Republican House Member Ken Calvert recognizes the need for federal involvement in education, but he wishes to do so in a way that «holds down overall spending.»
Romney reiterated his strong support for school choice, the importance of effective teachers, and scaling back federal involvement in education.
Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Behind.
Previously, federal involvement in education had been minimal, even after Congress responded to the Russians» launch of Sputnik by passing the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958.
He made the move to Washington nonetheless, where a political environment suspicious of any federal involvement in education confronted him.
The Common Core Standards are developed voluntarily by the states and embraced by the states, but they see this as a move in the direction of federal involvement in education and they oppose that.
«We're going to have some independence from the federal government, federal involvement in education,» Schneider added.
The Obama administration kept its distance during the development of the common standards because of a general wariness at both the district and state levels of federal involvement in education.
After holding a series of hearings, which for the most part seemed aimed at confirming his sense that federal involvement in education has gone too far, and traveling around the country seeking further affirmation from parents, teachers and administrators, Representative Kline is ready to begin.
After all, even principled conservatives skeptical of federal involvement in education can see a role for Washington when it comes to research, and one that is entirely consistent with the genius of American government.
But Common Core has become a lightning rod for those concerned about too much testing, overly rigid teaching methods and federal involvement in education.
By Matt Barnum — One era of federal involvement in education is over, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Tuesday, in...
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