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Deputized Education

December 6, 2018 By Lynne Taylor

Lynne Taylor: Have you heard of new positions in your States for Deputy Superintendents? These leaders are appointed solely by your current State Superintendent.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Every Student Succeeds Act, North Carolina, North Carolina State Board of Education, state departments of education

Education Has Been Reduced to Absurdity

November 13, 2018 By Lynne Taylor

Lynne Taylor: Election Day did not change the fact that our education system has been reduced by absurdity by educrats at all levels of government.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Delphi Technique, Election Day, Every Student Succeeds Act, Hegelian Dialect

DeVos Releases a Parents’ Guide to the Every Student Succeeds Act

October 10, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos at AEI Conference on 1/16/18.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released a parents’ guide to the Every Student Succeeds Act which contains some useful information if you ignore the propaganda.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Every Student Succeeds Act

Parents Group Calls on President Trump to Fire Betsy DeVos

September 19, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

U.S. Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) released an open letter to President Donald Trump urging him to fire Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Common Core State Standards, Donald Trump, Every Student Succeeds Act, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Parents Involved in Education

Education Policy: Where the Florida Gubernatorial Primary Candidates Stand

August 20, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem provides a Common Core/FedEd/High Stakes Testing/Preschool comparison of the Florida gubernatorial primary for both parties.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level Tagged With: Adam Putnam, Alex Lundmark, Andrew Gillum, Bob Langford, Bob White, Bruce Nathan, Chris King, Common Core, Don Baldauf, Every Student Succeeds Act, federal role in education, Florida, Florida Primary, Gwen Graham, Head Start Act, Jeff Greene, John Mercadante, Jon Wetherbee, No Child Left Behind, Phil Levine, pre-K, Ron DeSantis, Timothy DeVine

Lesko Introduces Make Education Local Act

August 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-Arizona) Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-Arizona) introduced the Make Education Local Act of 2018 that is an incremental step toward returning control back to states.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: 2018 Bills, Debbie Lesko, Every Student Succeeds Act, H.R. 6259, Make Education Local Act, Thomas Massie, U.S. Department of Education

Is American Government Rejecting Capitalism & Embracing a Managed Economy?

August 1, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem: Although Tucker and colleagues tout European education-workforce systems, none have produced or will produce American levels of freedom and prosperity.

Filed Under: Workforce Development Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Common Core, Competency Based Education, Every Student Succeeds Act, Goals 2000, Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker, Michael Chapman, Michele Bachmann, No Child Left Behind, personalized learning, Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports, School to Work, Smaller Learning Communities, Social-Emotional Learning, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

More “Flexibility” From The Feds

July 17, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Utah is the latest state to get slapped down when they asked the Feds, “Mother may I?” Their requests for flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act were denied.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Every Student Succeeds Act, Parental Opt-Outs, Utah

Will Utah Fight for Parental Control After Feds Deny ESSA Opt-Out Waiver?

June 11, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: The clash in Utah is between parents’ inherent right to govern their children’s education and indeed protect them from harm, as explicitly protected by state law, and federal mandates. Guess which won?

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Every Student Succeeds Act, Jason Botel, parental opt out, Utah State Board of Education

Bill Gates Can’t Leave ESSA State Plans Alone Either

May 16, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Since its passage in 2015, Bill Gates has poured millions into trying to influence state plans required under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Associated Press, Bill Gates, Every Student Succeeds Act, Gates Foundation, Sally Ho

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