Sentences with phrase «federal role in public education»

The legitimate federal role in public education is to insure that all children have equal access to public schooling.

When asked about her commitment to public education, McSally said she is «committed to the appropriate federal role in public education,» and explained that the «House will vote this week...

Congress passes the «No Child Left Behind» act, which expands the federal role in public education with more emphasis on annual testing and academic progress and teacher qualifications.

President Obama on Dec. 10 signed into law major legislation that dials back the federal role in public education and bars the federal government from tying teacher evaluations to test scores.

President Barack Obama on Dec. 10 signed into law major education legislation that dials back the federal role in public education and bars the federal government from tying teacher evaluations to test scores.

The U.S. Senate on Dec. 9 voted 85 to 12 for an overhaul of federal education law that dials back the federal role in public education and bars the federal government from tying teacher evaluations to test scores.

«NSBA welcomes the passage of a modernized and improved education bill that reduces the federal role in public education, and restores local governance and greater flexibility to school boards,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association.

Each would significantly scale back the federal role in public education, giving states far more latitude to determine which schools are failing to serve students and what should be done about them.

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.

Chairman Alexander's bill — the Every Child Ready for College or Career Act — largely cuts back on the federal role in public education and weakens state accountability to raise achievement and close achievement gaps.

Here's Donald Trump, America's likely Republican presidential nominee, describing his vision of the federal role in public education:

FEA believes that major changes in the federal role in public education are needed in three areas: empowering schools so they can better ensure strong learning outcomes for all students; providing more adequate and equitable resources for all students; and developing an accountability system that focuses evaluation on students» opportunities to learn, processes of systemic school improvement, and student learning outcomes based on multiple types and sources of evidence.