Jane Robbins: Congressional Republicans are skipping down the bipartisan path yet again on the issue of Big Data and lifetime citizen surveillance.
Betsy DeVos’ Senate Hearing Delayed
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).
New U.S. Senate Education Committee Members
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.
Bipartisanship Brings Us Horrible Education Policy
If bipartisanship brings us horrible bills like the Every Student Succeeds Act then it would have been better for Republicans to be more partisan.
ESEA Reauthorization Conference Report Advances to Final Vote in the Senate
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.
National Coalition Opposes No Child Left Behind Rewrite Conference Bill
The letter sent to congressional education leaders responsible for bill was signed by 182 different state and local groups, education activists or officials.
Senate Fix to No Child Left Behind Announced
Below is a press release from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions announcing a bipartisan agreement on a fix for No Child Left Behind today. From the press release it seems to be headed in the right direction, but the devil is in the details. So I’m withholding further comment until I’ve […]
Negotiating Our Way to More Fed Ed
U.S. Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray say they have made progress negotiating about reauthorizing No Child Left Behind, they should kill it instead.