In subsequent years, Title I was the «belle of the ball» as the largest, most
important federal education aid.
Sadly, this proposal eliminates several
important Federal education programs.
Three other
important federal education laws await final Congressional action, and if they don't get it during the waning weeks of 2016's «lame duck» session, the new administration will have a shot at influencing them during the 115th Congress.
Not exact matches
Moreover, they argue that
federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for
education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have
important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.
Repayment is especially
important if you are looking to continue your
education — as mentioned above, you can be denied for
federal loans if you've previously defaulted.
Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott and UFT President Michael Mulgrew on July 15 announced an
important agreement that will help secure up to $ 65 million over the next two years in
federal School Improvement Grants, a U.S. Department of
Education program that provides funding to help transform our nation's struggling schools.
Thus, the continuous funding of personnel, ships and material is
important — which in this case was provided through the support of individual projects of the German Science Foundation DFG, the German
Federal Ministry of
Education and Research.»
Thus, the continuous funding of personnel, ships and material is
important — which in this case was provided through the support of individual projects of the German Science Foundation DFG, the German
Federal Ministry of
Education and Research and the.»
It's
important to remember what got the
federal government «over-involved» in
education in the first place.
Australian
Education Union
Federal President Correna Haythorpe said it's
important for teachers to have access to broad curriculum expertise, which is very
important for a child's development as a whole, but you can't implement provisions around having specialist teachers in place without looking at the resources that will need to be in place to support that.
The Obama administration recognizes that No Child Left Behind aims to help the
federal government perform its most
important education function: improving the
education of students in greatest need.
Across the board at the
federal, state, and district level the role of partnerships between home and school is becoming a more
important factor in
education reform and student achievement, Mapp said.
New York — Addressing the
federal group charged with recommending ways to improve American
education, two researchers last week urged that elementary and secondary schools make tougher academic demands of students and experiment with new tracking systems, while another argued that such in - school factors were more
important than has been commonly held in recent years.
This led
federal and state agencies to focus on procedural compliance instead of on the Court's equally
important holding that «opportunity to benefit» is an indispensable component of an appropriate
education.
So, a lot of what the
Federal law did was already being done in Massachusetts, which number one, the most
important thing was extending
education to all children who had disabilities.
But however the case is resolved, it serves as an
important reminder of the importance of state - specific constitutional language and precedents, the considerable degree of variation in legal rules in our 50 - state
federal system, and the continuing power of the local control idea in
education law.
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 si
Education Act (IDEA), the
federal statute that, under various names, has guided special
education policy si
education policy since 1975.
And even though few voters outside
education circles know who they are or what they do, the state schools chiefs have increasingly
important roles as new
federal mandates take hold.
Albert Shanker commented that while revamping NAEP didn't top the
education lobbies» agenda for the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) reauthorization cycle then under way, strengthening the assessment system was «one of the most important things we can accomplish in this round» of federal education leg
education lobbies» agenda for the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary
Education Act) reauthorization cycle then under way, strengthening the assessment system was «one of the most important things we can accomplish in this round» of federal education leg
Education Act) reauthorization cycle then under way, strengthening the assessment system was «one of the most
important things we can accomplish in this round» of
federal education leg
education legislation.
Despite statutory and regulatory tweaks from time to time, our approach hasn't really changed since the
federal law was passed more than thirty - five years ago, even as so much else in K — 12
education has changed in
important ways.
Still, there's a lot that's not clear, so it's going to be
important for the press, and for the Senate HELP committee, to ask a lot of questions to understand where she and the President who chose her plan to take
federal education policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to use a lawsuit over peer sexual harassment on a Massachusetts school bus to resolve an
important legal issue about which
federal laws are available to combat gender discrimination in
education.
It's going to be
important for the press, and for the Senate HELP committee, to ask a lot of questions to understand where she and the President who chose her plan to take
federal education policy
Federal policy plays an
important role in the financing of postsecondary
education at institutions by providing grants to low - income students and access to loans to all students, in both cases on similar terms regardless of whether the funds are to be spent at a public, for - profit, or private, non-profit college.
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.
As
federal, state, and local budgets potentially respond to Endrew F. and state and local pressures, it is
important to remember that these increased supports for general
education require funding — so transferring spending out of the general program to specific services clearly identifiable as benefiting solely students with disabilities could backfire.
While eliminating applications raises questions for
important aspects of the largest
federal K - 12
education aid program, the ESEA Title I program, the policy guidance published by USED in March 2015 provides a wide range of options for states and LEAs to implement CEP with minimal interference with Title I funding allocations or accountability measures.
«States and local districts will, as always, share the primary authority for delivering
education, but the
federal government must take more seriously its profoundly
important responsibility to assist and encourage states and districts, and, if necessary, ameliorate resulting inequities,» the report stated.
Implementation of CEP by LEAs and schools has
important implications for the largest
federal K - 12
education program — Education for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Ac
education program —
Education for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Ac
Education for the Disadvantaged under Title I, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Ac
Education Act (ESEA).
As states reach
important milestones on the way toward building internationally competitive
education systems, the
federal government should offer a range of tiered incentives to make the next stage of the journey easier, including increased flexibility in the use of
federal funds and in meeting
federal educational requirements and providing more resources to implement world - class educational best practices.
Policies that promote school integration by race and class took a significant hit last week when the U.S. Department of
Education announced that it was killing a small but
important federal program to support local diversity efforts.
Education - reform experts say «external providers» can play an
important role in turning around failing schools, and that viewing schools with an outside, higher - level lens can lead to more radical reconstruction, but they are disturbed that neither the
federal government nor the majority of states keep track of this spending.
In the
education context, this subjective test grants almost complete control to
federal regulators to decide what constitutes an «
important educational goal» and a «comparably effective alternative.»
The launch occurred during NAESP's annual National Leaders Conference (NLC), which hosted nearly 200 principals and state association advocates who engaged in
important discussions to influence congressional action on implementing the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), the FY 2017
federal budget, student data privacy, and higher
education policy.
Allocate at least five cents of every dollar in the
federal budget to
education in order to reflect a level of commitment commensurate with other
important national priorities and to meet the educational needs of all students effectively
Amid the intense debates about how much progress the nation has made in raising student achievement and whether
federal investments in
education have produced results, one
important trend tends to be overlooked — namely, the notable gains made by African American and Latino students in reading and math achievement since 1971.
While I do not want to minimize the
important and timely
federal investment in public
education, I worry that those cynics of public
education — many of whom occupy powerful political positions — are just waiting in the wings to declare this investment a failure.
The detailed story of her son, who is now grown and living in another state, must be saved for a different day, but the myriad questions that even the synopsis raises about accountability over
federal special
education and disability services funds is
important to keep front and center during the current reform conversation.
For decades, Title I of ESEA has included
important fiscal requirements to ensure that
federal funding is supplemental to state and local
education funding and that states and districts do not reduce their own spending in response to receiving
federal dollars.
«NEA will continue to work with Congress on a comprehensive bill that works for students and reflects the
important federal role of ensuring equity while working with states and local school districts to support the public
education system,» said Van Roekel.
«Reading and math are fundamental to educational success, but there are equally
important subjects for a student's success in higher
education, in employment, and as active and engaged citizens of our nation,» said Les Francis, chair of the
Federal Policy Task Force of the Civic Mission of Schools Campaign and a panelist at the event.
«It is
important for the U.S. Supreme Court to take this case, as the Ninth Circuit opinion ignores 20 years of precedents on special
education law and represents yet another example of a
federal agency exceeding its authority over educational decision making,» NSBA Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel said.
Alexander Russo writes on Phi Delta Kappan that «mainstream news coverage of ESSA so far has been skimpy & superficial, given how
important the new
federal education law is going to be in coming years.»
Through my experiences in state and
federal government and in higher
education, I've learned that patience, persistence, and humility are
important qualities that run through all of this work.»
Despite promises to fully fund IDEA
federal special
education funding has continued to decline, leaving to states and local school districts that are struggling to meet the requirements of this
important federal law without the necessary
federal funding.
School improvement planning has become more prevalent and
important due to increased calls from
federal and state governments, state
education agencies (SEAs), and the general public for more accountability in
education.
While the No Child Left Behind era saw a strengthened
federal role and increased
federal funding for
education, 3 states and localities have always provided the vast majority of school funding and made the majority of
important decisions about how schools operate.
Connecticut's twice - delayed in - school suspension law and the State Department of
Education's (SDE) proposed secondary school reform plan are both
important links to the state's success in its second Race to the Top (RTTT)
federal grant application due June 1.
That's why it is so
important to finally tackle the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, the critical piece of legislation that sets out the role of the
federal government in school funding and policy.
«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves
important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in
education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new
federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public
education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Association.