Education Policy: Where the Florida Gubernatorial Primary Candidates Stand
Karen Effrem provides a Common Core/FedEd/High Stakes Testing/Preschool comparison of the Florida gubernatorial primary for both parties.
Tag: No Child Left Behind
Is American Government Rejecting Capitalism & Embracing a Managed Economy?
Karen Effrem: Although Tucker and colleagues tout European education-workforce systems, none have produced or will produce American levels of freedom and prosperity.
Beware of Experts in Education Policy
Frederick Hess with American Enterprise Institute warned that we should beware of experts, especially those in education policy. Agreed.
Darrell Castle: Education Is Not Mentioned in the Constitution
Darrell Castle, the Constitution Party’s presidential nominee, opposes federal involvement in education and says that it belongs at the state & local level.
Carly Fiorina: Common Core = Crony Capitalism
Former Hewlett Packard CEO and GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina criticized the Common Core State Standards and equated it with crony capitalism.
USDED: No Student Assessment Opt-Outs Allowed
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?
Arne Duncan: ESSA embodies the “core of our agenda”
What outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently said about the Every Student Succeeds Act is damning of Congressional Republican leadership.
Mike Lee: There’s a Better Way to Improve America’s Schools
U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT): “Schools are not factories; education can’t be systematized; learning can’t be centrally planned.”
U.S. Senate Sends ESEA Reauthorization to Obama
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.
Top 12 Concerns About Every Student Succeeds Act (S 1177 & HR 5)
Several education experts come together to compile their top 12 concerns about the Every Student Succeeds Act, the current ESEA reauthorization bill.