ESEA Blueprint Not Rooted in Research
By Amy Buffenbarger Policy experts at the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) recently reviewed the quality of research represented in the Obama administration’s ESEA Blueprint for Reform to see if...
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Education Groups Call for Relief from NCLB Mandates
By Alain Jehlen Three national education organizations, including the National Education Association (NEA), petitioned the Department of Education this week to use its regulatory powers to stop further...
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NEA Gives Kline ESEA Bills a Failing Grade
By Tim Walker The National Education Association spoke out on Tuesday against two amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization effort for walking away from the...
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Eight More States Granted NCLB Waivers
By Cindy Long The Obama administration approved eight additional states for flexibility from key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) yesterday, bringing the total number of states with waivers to...
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NEA President: ESEA Reauthorization Must Focus on Equity in Education
By John Rosales When the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee meets on Thursday to take a closer look at NCLB waivers, Pam Geisseihardt will be hanging on every syllable spoken...
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NEA: How We Must Move Forward on ESEA/NCLB
By Tim Walker This week, for the first time since 2001, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is expected to hit the floor of the U.S. Congress. The House of...
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What is Congress Working on that Will Impact Classrooms Across the Nation?
All of a sudden everyone is talking about ‘ESEA Reauthorization.” Or is it “NCLB Reauthorization.” Maybe it’s “ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization” It’s all legislative-speak, but if you’re an educator, you can...
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Five Issues That Will Decide If the Era of No Child Left Behind is Really Over
Many public school educators may be surprised to learn that 535 members Congress and their staffs are deciding what teaching and learning will look like in the classroom over the next ten years. But...
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Senate Set to Debate NCLB After Show of Force by National Education Leaders
A day after 10 national education groups held a joint press conference near Capitol Hill urging Congress to act on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the Senate announced...
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U.S. Senate Passes Every Child Achieves Act, End of NCLB Era Draws Closer
Good things are worth waiting for – even if they take 13 years. After countless false starts and delays, the U.S. Senate stepped up on Thursday and passed the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA). By an...
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Ending NCLB: Educators Urge Congress to Finish the Job
January 8, 2016, will mark 14 years exactly since President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind (NCLB) into law. It’s unlikely that anyone – the media, members of Congress, educators especially...
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With Passage of Every Student Succeeds Act, Life After NCLB Begins
On December 10, President Obama, with a stroke of a pen, made it official: the No Child Left Behind era is over. Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), one day after it was passed...
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