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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

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

Beware of Experts in Education Policy

June 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Frederick Hess with American Enterprise Institute warned that we should beware of experts, especially those in education policy. Agreed.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, education policy, Frederick Hess, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, School Improvement Grants

Darrell Castle: Education Is Not Mentioned in the Constitution

August 1, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Darrell Castle, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee, opposes federal involvement in education and says that it belongs at the state & local level.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education Tagged With: Common Core, Constitution Party, Darrell Castle, Every Student Succeeds Act, No Child Left Behind

Carly Fiorina: Common Core = Crony Capitalism

January 28, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Former Hewlett Packard CEO and GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina criticized the Common Core State Standards and equated it with crony capitalism.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Carly Fiorina, Common Core, Iowa Caucus, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top

USDED: No Student Assessment Opt-Outs Allowed

December 23, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Dept. of Education said student assessment opt-outs are not allowed for the 2016 assessments, will this be a policy John King pursue under ESSA?

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Ann Whalen, assessment opt-outs, Every Student Succeeds Act, Mitchell Chester, No Child Left Behind, Parental Opt-Outs

Arne Duncan: ESSA embodies the “core of our agenda”

December 22, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

What outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently said about the Every Student Succeeds Act is damning of Congressional Republican leadership.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Arne Duncan, early childhood education, Every Student Succeeds Act, No Child Left Behind

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

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

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