NCLB: Act II
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Too Much Reading and Math?
The Center on Education Progress is out with the latest of many NCLB reports. This one documents how schools are emphasizing reading and mathematics at the expense of other subjects in the NCLB era.
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Wait Until September
Lobbyists, go ahead and make your vacation plans.
The House Education and Labor Committee won't be taking up NCLB reauthorization before Congress recesses for August. In the schedule it released this morning, the committee listed no NCLB hearings or markups.
The House Education and Labor Committee won't be taking up NCLB reauthorization before Congress recesses for August. In the schedule it released this morning, the committee listed no NCLB hearings or markups.
Education
You've Been YouTubed!
The early presidential debates finally got around to something more than lip service to education issues, as the CNN/YouTube debate on Monday night devoted a string of four questions to K-12 education issues.
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Testing, Take 2
Today Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings went up to Capitol Hill and took the opportunity to talk about the ongoing debate over testing.
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Differing Points of View
I was a little disappointed when I read the guest list for this broadcast of "On Point," an NPR show out of Boston. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., and Susan Ohanian from the Educator Roundtable are zealous critics of NCLB and Amy Wilkins from the Education Trust is a staunch defender of it. After listening, I've decided that the show's producers were onto something.
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Teachers Effectiveness Debate
The issue of the week in the House appears to be testing. In the Senate, it's teacher quality.
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Renaming NCLB?
Three centrist senators unveiled their version of NCLB reauthorization today. Details aside, the proposal has one intriguing suggestion: rename the law. Sens. Lieberman, Landrieu, and Coleman call their bill the All Students Can Achieve Act.
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Testing, Testing
A lot of comments across the Web—like here, and here, and here—about a Congressional Quarterly report that Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon doesn't like the Democratic draft of an NCLB bill.
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Environmental Educators Speak Out
In the latest twist on the NCLB name, environmental groups have announced their No Child Left Inside campaign.
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Bubble Kids Benefit
A new study out of Chicago suggests that low-achieving and high-achieving students haven't benefited from No Child Left Behind.
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Staying the Course, Part II
Here are some of the key details in yesterday's bill introduced by Sen. Burr and Gregg:
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Stay the Course, Senate Republicans Say
Some people predicted House Democrats would introduce an NCLB bill this week.