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Betsy DeVos Now Criticized for Giving Too Much Flexibility to States

November 29, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), accused Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of approving state plans that flaunt ESSA.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Every Student Succeeds Act, Lamar Alexander, Patty Murray, Senate HELP Committee

Tracking FEPA in the U.S. Senate

November 20, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking (S. 2046) was referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Claire McCaskill, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, Gary Peters, Heidi Heitkamp, James Lankford, John Hoeven, John McCain, Jon Tester, Kamala Harris, Margaret Hassan, Michael Envi, Patty Murray, Rand Paul, Rob Portman, Ron Johnson, S. 2046, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Steve Daines, Tom Carper, U.S. Senate

FEPA Passes U.S. House By Voice Vote

November 16, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (FEPA) (H.R. 4174) passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a voice vote on Wednesday afternoon.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Cheri Kiesecker, FEPA, H.R. 4174, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, privacy, S. 2046, student data privacy, The Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act

The Big Congressional Data Grab Is Underway

November 1, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Foundations for Evidenced-Based Policymaking Act today which will create a national data clearinghouse that includes student data.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Blake Farenthold, Brian Schatz, data privacy, Derek Kilmer, Foundations for Evidenced-Based Policymaking Act, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, student data, student data privacy, Trey Gowdy, U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Skipping Down the Bipartisan Path Toward Big Data

March 16, 2017 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Congressional Republicans are skipping down the bipartisan path yet again on the issue of Big Data and lifetime citizen surveillance.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: American Statistical Association, Big Data, data security, Higher Education Act, Marco Rubio, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, personally identifiable information, privacy, Student Right to Know Before You Go Act, U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking, U.S. Department of Education, unit-record system

Betsy DeVos’ Senate Hearing Delayed

January 10, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos has been delayed one week and will be held on January 17, 2017 at 5:00p (EST).

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Lamar Alexander, Patty Murray, Senate HELP Committee, U.S. Secretary of Education

New U.S. Senate Education Committee Members

January 6, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart lists the names of the members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for the 2017 session.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Al Franken, Bernie Sanders, Betsy DeVos, Bill Cassidy, Bob Casey, Chris Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Johnny Isakson, Lamar Alexander, Lisa Murkowski, Maggie Hassan, Michael Bennet, Mike Enzi, Orrin Hatch, Pat Roberts, Patty Murray, Rand Paul, Richard Burr, Senate Education Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse, Susan Collins, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Kaine, Tim Scott, Todd Young, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senate HELP Committee

Bipartisanship Brings Us Horrible Education Policy

December 10, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

If bipartisanship brings us horrible bills like the Every Student Succeeds Act then it would have been better for Republicans to be more partisan.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Barack Obama, bipartisanship, Elementary and Secondary Education, Every Student Succeeds Act, Lamar Alexander, Patty Murray

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

National Coalition Opposes No Child Left Behind Rewrite Conference Bill

October 13, 2015 By truthinamed

The letter sent to congressional education leaders responsible for bill was signed by 182 different state and local groups, education activists or officials.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, John Kline, Lamar Alexander, No Child Left Behind, Patty Murray, Robert Scott

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