
Sen. Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) rewritten draft legislation that would reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will likely not allow Title I dollars for low-income children to follow them to schools of their choice, an outcome that would be a win for the Obama administration.
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Apr 2015, 8:30 AM PST0

Texas has been in limbo on its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver renewal since January when state and federal officials did not see eye-to-eye on a few of the finer points. Since then, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was expected to resubmit its waiver request on March 31. However, in a letter on that day, Education Commissioner Michael Williams notified US Education Secretary Arne Duncan that Texas would instead submit its NCLB waiver request on June 1.
by Merrill Hope3 Apr 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment Thursday that bans the federal government from coercing or incentivizing states to adopt specific academic standards, curriculum, or assessments, including those associated with the controversial Common Core standards.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Mar 2015, 10:10 PM PST0

Jeb Bush is trying again to explain his position on education reform to conservatives.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Mar 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

Former CNN anchor-turned education reform expert Campbell Brown recently attacked opponents of the Common Core standards and potential GOP presidential candidates who have flip-flopped on their views of the initiative. In a Washington Post column over the weekend, the founder
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Mar 2015, 9:11 PM PST0

House Republicans have withdrawn a controversial bill that would have reauthorized the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law after both conservatives and liberals came out against it.
by Dr. Susan Berry27 Feb 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

As expected, President Obama is threatening to veto a House Republican bill that would reform the No Child Left Behind law.
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Feb 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

Grassroots organizers and conservative groups posted an action alert on a bill that will likely be voted on this week in the House that would reauthorize the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The activists say HR5, known as the “Student Success Act,” will “denigrate parental rights and seize state sovereignty.”
by Dr. Susan Berry24 Feb 2015, 8:51 PM PST0

When Congress reauthorizes No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the law should allow states to “align” education with the needs of businesses in order to bolster workforce development, according to The National Governors Association (NGA).
by Dr. Susan Berry15 Feb 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

President Obama said that “I want to work with both parties in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind with a smarter law that addresses the overuse of standardized tests,” during his Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript as Follows: “Hi,
by Ian Hanchett14 Feb 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

Will the Republican-controlled Congress renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act’s (ESEA) and permanently lock states into federal control of education?
by Dr. Susan Berry11 Feb 2015, 6:44 PM PST0

One of the major problems that the adoption of Common Core’s standards has led to is excessive testing—at all grade levels from kindergarten on—sometimes more than one test per grade level.
by Dr. Sandra Stotsky5 Feb 2015, 8:39 PM PST0

As Republicans of all stripes and the main-stream media are predicting that Jeb Bush’s support for the Common Core standards will be among his greatest obstacles to a potential 2016 GOP nomination, Bush himself went off-script during remarks at the Detroit Economic Club Wednesday, emotionally defending the highly unpopular education initiative and his own education reform record.
by Dr. Susan Berry4 Feb 2015, 9:25 PM PST0

As the debate heats up across the nation over the renewal of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), House Speaker John Boehner – writer of the original NCLB law – says he supports annual statewide testing, which also has the support of House Education Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline (R-MN).
by Dr. Susan Berry3 Feb 2015, 1:47 PM PST0

Education Commissioner Michael Williams is bracing for the possibility that Texas may lose its No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver. State and federal education officials are not seeing eye-to-eye on educator evaluations but is that a bad or good thing?
by Merrill Hope29 Jan 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

To honor National School Choice Week, Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) announced Monday that he has introduced the Local Control of Education Act, a measure that would ban the federal government from mandating the adoption of specific standards—such as the Common Core standards—as well as curriculum and assessments.
by Dr. Susan Berry27 Jan 2015, 6:38 PM PST0

The Mississippi State House has approved a bill that would remove the name “Common Core” from the state’s academic standards, but not replace the actual standards themselves.
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Jan 2015, 8:56 PM PST0

After enticing states into a binding promise to develop their student databases, President Obama now says he will call for legislation that will protect students from commercial data mining.
by Dr. Susan Berry12 Jan 2015, 6:37 PM PST0

When the new Congress begins to consider the federal government’s role in America’s classrooms, civil rights groups will be doing their best to advocate for the strength of that role to ensure mandates that purport to promote “equity” for “diverse” groups. However, in October of last year, these same groups referred to the standardized testing requirements of the same federal government as “overly punitive” of racial minorities.
by Dr. Susan Berry4 Jan 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

On Friday, Politico offered an image of left-wingers fearful that Republicans at the helm in both the House and the Senate will take advantage of the backlash over the Common Core standards and “strip the federal role out of education.” True conservatives, however, lament that the Republicans in charge are not poised to accomplish that.
by Dr. Susan Berry3 Jan 2015, 11:03 AM PST0