Push to Renew ESEA Faces Steep Policy, Political Hurdles

Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., left, the chairman of the House education committee, has set no timeline for ESEA renewal.
—Andrew Councill for Education Week-File
By Alyson Klein

This was supposed to be the year that Congress finally completed the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a task which has been lingering since 2007.

But the wait may go on.

Although the legislative machinery seems to be clanking along, with an Obama administration blueprint for renewal on the table and House and Senate education panels holding hearings on a variety of issues related to the law, the political prospects for the renewal...

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