This month, the U.S. Department of Education celebrates 30 years as a stand-alone cabinet agency. It may seem hard to believe in 2010, but there was considerable opposition to its very existence when President Jimmy Carter signed legislation to split up the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare three decades ago. Today, while there [...]
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Happy Birthday, Department of Education
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged 30th anniversary, Department of Education, DoE, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, Jimmy Carter, NCLB, No Child Left Behind on May 7, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged Arne Duncan, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Obama Administration, Title IX on September 29, 2009, | 3 Comments »
Yesterday, my colleague Tracy Sherman and I attended a major stakeholders’ meeting at the Department of Education. The topic was the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). More than 200 people packed the auditorium to get an early glimpse at the Obama administration’s thoughts on what the goals of reauthorization should [...]
Senate Introduces School Vouchers Bill
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, education, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, School Vouchers, Title IX on July 31, 2009, | 2 Comments »
This week, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) introduced legislation to extend and expand the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, the nation’s only federally funded school voucher program. The program funnels taxpayer dollars to private, often religious, schools. It currently receives $14 million and provides vouchers up to $7,500 for approximately 1,700 students in the District of Columbia. [...]
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