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USDED Threatens Federal School Aid Cuts Over Opt-Outs

December 28, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Department of Education warned states that federal school aid may be withheld next year if less than 95% of students take fed-mandated exams.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: assessment opt-out, common core assessments, ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Succeeds Act, U.S. Department of Education

Mike Lee: There’s a Better Way to Improve America’s Schools

December 9, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT): “Schools are not factories; education can’t be systematized; learning can’t be centrally planned.”

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA Reauthorization, Mike Lee, No Child Left Behind

U.S. Senate Sends ESEA Reauthorization to Obama

December 9, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

the U.S. Senate voted in favor – 85 to 12 – to pass the Every Student Achieves Act, the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that replaces No Child Left Behind.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Ben Sasse, Common Core, David Vitter, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA Reauthorization, James Risch, Jeff Flake, Jerry Moran, Lindsey G, Marco Rubio, Michael Crapo, Mike Lee, No Child Left Behind, Rand Paul, Richard Shelby, Roy Blunt, Steve Daines, Ted Cruz, Tim Scott

ESEA Reauthorization Conference Report Advances to Final Vote in the Senate

December 8, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The ESEA reauthorization conference report, S.1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) advanced in the U.S. Senate on a 84 to 12 cloture vote.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Ben Sasse, Bernie Sanders, Common Core, David Vitter, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA Reauthorization, James Risch, Jerry Moran, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Michael Crapo, Mike Lee, parental opt out, Patty Murray, Rand Paul, Richard Shelby, Roy Blunt, Steve Daines, Ted Cruz, Tim Scott

Action Needed: ESSA Vote Expected in Senate on Tuesday

December 7, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, on Tuesday.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Success Act, U.S. Senate

The New Common Core is Social-Emotional Learning

December 3, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Social-Emotional learning is the new Common Core, and according to Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), the Every Student Succeeds Act supports that goal.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Common Core, ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Succeeds Act, Social-Emotional Learning, Tim Ryan

Every Student Succeeds Act Coasts Through House

December 2, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA Reauthorization) passed this evening in the U.S. House of Representatives on a 359 to 64 vote.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Succeeds Act, U.S. House

Congress Punts on Student Data Privacy in ESEA Reauthorization

December 2, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Education Week in an article yesterday noted the absence of student data protection in the ESEA reauthorization conference report called the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Benjamin Harold, Education Week, ESEA Reauthorization, student data privacy

Top 12 Concerns About Every Student Succeeds Act (S 1177 & HR 5)

December 2, 2015 By truthinamed

Several education experts come together to compile their top 12 concerns about the Every Student Succeeds Act, the current ESEA reauthorization bill.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Succeeds Act, No Child Left Behind

The ESEA Reauthorization Conference Report Is Now Public

November 30, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The conference report for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), now called the Every Student Succeeds Act, has been made public.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Common Core, ESEA Reauthorization, Every Student Succeeds Act, House Education and the Workforce Committee, standardized testing, testing mandates, U.S. Department of Education

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