Morning Announcements: October 12, 2011
The New York Times and every other national news outlet reported on senior Senate Democrat Tom Harkin’s released draft of a sprawling revision of the No Child Left Behind education law on Tuesday that...
View ArticleStats That Stick: October 12, 2011
Numbers of pages in new No Child Left Behind Act bill: 865Senior Senate Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa released a draft of a sprawling revision of the No Child Left Behind education law on Tuesday that...
View ArticleAlliance Responds to Draft Legislation to Revise No Child Left Behind
On October 11, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Mike Enzi (R-WY), the chairman and top Republican, respectively, of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Committee,...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: October 13, 2011
Education Week reports that the sprawling Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization bill put forward yesterday by the chairman of the Senate education committee envisions major programs...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: October 18, 2011
Education Daily reports on a National Center for Education Statistics's (NCES) study that finds 1 in 10 new teachers leaves after first year. But what can be done to help them stay? While the NCES...
View ArticleMorning Announcements: October 19, 2011
According to U.S. News & World Report, the new No Child Left Behind legislation is facing uphill battles.The Bakersfield Californian’s editorial board expresses that digital schools must be...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: October 20, 2011
According to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia’s school closing plan probably won't raise much revenue, writes the Philadelphia Inquirer. The New York Times reports that he Learning...
View ArticleNew Straight A's Issue Now Online
The newest version of the Alliance's Straight A's newsletter is now online. Articles in this issue focus onThe bill passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) to...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: November 7, 2011
The Washington Times reports that key lawmakers and educators are growing increasingly pessimistic that Congress can pass a massive overhaul of federal education policy before the 2012 election-year...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: Senate Committee to Markup Bill to Rewrite NCLB
In a recent feature article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Professor Charles Rinehimer talks about the students that keep him inspired. NPR takes on the story and delves deeper, talking to other...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: President Obama Fills Vacancies in Ed. Dept.
President Obama filled two positions within the Department of Education this week. He nominated Catherine E. Lhamon to be assistant secretary for civil rights and James Cole Jr. to be Education...
View ArticleSenate HELP Committee Passes Bill that Would Improve the Nation’s High Schools
On June 11th and 12th, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a markup on a bill known as the Strengthening America’s Schools Act of 2013 (SASA). Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: 5 Steps to Improve E-Rate
In less than a week, the interest rate on some federal student loans will double if Congress doesn’t act. A bipartisan group in the Senate announced a proposal late this week, but it’s unclear whether...
View ArticleAfternoon Announcements: House Debates No Child Left Behind Rewrite
The Student Success Act, the House version of the No Child Left Behind, would strike many of the key provisions of No Child Left Behind and kill several of the Obama administration’s education...
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