Sentences with phrase «on the no child left»

This is all part of the broader assault on the No Child Left Behind law and on the Obama administration's mandate tying teacher evaluations to achievement tests.

I also wanted to make the observation that this conversation has focused on No Child Left Behind.

The organizations differ, but not by much, on No Child Left Behind.

On February 8, Lecturer Paul Reville testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing on No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorization and strategies that promote school improvement.

Uncle Sam's role is to encourage movement in this direction, probably by giving states that join such consortia some breaks on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its successors, perhaps a bit more money, perhaps automatic approval of their standards and tests without further inspection or negotiation.

Hill Fight on No Child Left Behind Looms Politico, 1/21/15» «It's not a debate about what education policy should be in place at the state and local level,» said Martin West, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Diane Ravitch: It is time to pull the plug on No Child Left Behind.

Raymond J. Simon, the Department of Education's point man on the No Child Left Behind Act, knows his Dr. Seuss.

Such is my conclusion after reviewing eight years of Education Next (Ednext) polling on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

In 2001, the National Education Association took no position on the No Child Left Behind Act.

A key element of that agenda is to build on the No Child Left Behind Act with an added focus on high schools, including more required testing at...

Her day began with a speech from a top federal education official; it will end with a tutorial on the No Child Left Behind Act.

A similar dynamic was evident in public opinion on No Child Left Behind in the waning years of the George W. Bush administration.

Chester E. Finn, Jr., is distinguished senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Richard D. Kahlenberg is author of the definitive autobiography of Albert Shanker, and Sandy Kress advised President George W. Bush on the No Child Left Behind Act.

I do this as someone who played a role in the events that I describe: in 2011 and 2012, I was part of the policy team working on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver initiative and grant programs like the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), and played a role in spreading the Obama administration's teacher evaluation policies across the country.

Let's turn the page on the No Child Left Behind era.

The Commission on No Child Left Behind, an independent, bipartisan group formed early this year, ventured onto the battlefield of the policy wars with its hearing in Connecticut, a state that last year sued the federal government over the requirements of the school...

She quit on principle, I assume, because Romney decided to turn the page on No Child Left Behind.

The first lady is promoting her husband's stances on school issues, specifically praising his record on the No Child Left Behind Act, in a new, Web - based advertisement that appeared last week.

For example, in describing the results of Title I, Jennings concludes, «In a nutshell, the billions of dollars spent on Title I had at best a modest effect on the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed bag.

The work by the Center on Education Policy (CEP) on the No Child Left Behind Act, high - school exit examinations, and other education policies uses exactly the same research methodologies as those employed by the U.S. Department of Education, state legislatures (controlled by both political parties), and other entities.

Education Week's Spotlight on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) brings together a collection of articles hand - picked by our editors for their insights on:

Information on No Child Left Behind, including the Act and policy, and the Obama Administration's blueprint for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Anything and everything that goes wrong will be blamed on the Common Core, just as a decade ago every education misfire was blamed on No Child Left Behind.

He is an active alumni of the Pahara - Aspen Education Fellowship program and was a member of the Aspen Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind as well as the Advisory Board of Tulane University's Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives.

The record on No Child Left Behind — and more recently the Race to the Top initiative is still being written, but once again, what was striking was that the research seems to come after, not before.

Although the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination has been under way in earnest for a couple of months now, most of the candidates have been largely silent about their views on the No Child Left Behind Act.

Still, the benefits of closing the book on the No Child Left Behind / Race to the Top chapter of federal overreach outweigh the risks.

The Aspen Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind last week unveiled 75 recommendations for changes to the 5 - year - old federal law.

To accomplish this goal, FEA works to further develop and then enact in the next reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act legislative changes based on the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind, initially issued in October 2004, and now endorsed by nearly 150 national education, civil rights, religious, children's, disability and civic organizations.

«He thought differently from other people, because his background was different,» said Rick Miller, a former deputy state superintendent who worked closely with Raymond as executive director of the eight CORE (California Office to Reform Education) districts on the No Child Left Behind waiver.

Two years ago, a grade school teacher at Evanston's King Lab School, Vickie Proctor, was transferred from her teaching post after expressing her views on No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

EdSource Today's coverage on the No Child Left Behind Act.

The Commission on No Child Left Behind, a bi-partisan group led by former Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes, released a report this week with 75 recommendations for Congress as it prepares to reauthorize ESEA.

Last week our Utah State Board of Education voted to keep the waiver on No Child Left Behind.

As anticipated, U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Duncan today formally voiced his position on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), calling for its repeal and replacement.

Susan Ohanian, a blogger, former teacher and opponent of the testing and accountability movement, said she admires Ravitch's shift on No Child Left Behind but disagrees with her about national standards.

The boldest use of the waiver power, however, has come on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

Indiana and Oklahoma both ditched the Common Core this year, but only Indiana received an extension on its No Child Left Behind waiver.

The ESSA requires states to measure school quality and improves on the No Child Left Behind Act by allowing states and districts to round out their accountability rubrics with measures beyond test scores.

FEA: FEA carries forward the ideas presented in the Joint Organizational Statement on No Child Left Behind, signed by 154 national education, civil rights, religious, disability, parent and civic groups, including National School Boards Association, American Association of School Administrators, Council for Exceptional Children, Learning Disabilities Association of America, National PTA, National Council of Churches, National Urban League, Public Education Network, National Education Association, American Library Association, and more.

As U.S. Secretary of Education prepared to come to Connecticut to announce that he had granted Governor Dannel Malloy's request for a federal waiver on the No Child Left Behind Law, the Brattleboro Reformer newspaper's headline read; Vermont Drops Request for No Child.

Over the past four years Austin Voices has convened hundreds of people to weigh in on the education issues that affect them — from the neighborhood level with public housing «community conferences» to the national level with hearings on No Child Left Behind.

BS: I believe the Alexander - Murray compromise on No Child Left Behind reauthorization represents a step in the right direction, and voted for the bill in Committee.

This week, they're back at it, releasing a new report «with an expanded analysis that adds the other thirty - four plans,» which allows them to conclude «with some confidence that the country is finally turning the page on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era.»

The Senate will begin debate on its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) replacement bill — the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177).

As students head back to school, the Obama administration is using executive power in an unprecedented move to circumvent a congressional standstill on No Child Left Behind, arguing that the federal education law thwarts states» distinct policymaking abilities.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R - TN), who will chair the Senate education committee, wants to devolve decisions on No Child Left Behind to the states.

Since then, the two have fought over the length of the state's standardized test, differences on No Child Left Behind, and whether to seek federal funding for pre-K.

The members of MORE proudly support our colleague, Jia Lee, who will be testifying at a senate hearing on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal education policies on Wednesday, January 21st 2015.