Tag: No Child Left Behind Act
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Via Indian Country Today: 9 Ways the New Education Law Is a Win for Indian Country
An excerpt: The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 is a big win for Indian country, according to the National Indian Education Association. Executive Director Ahniwake Rose, Cherokee/Creek, and Federal Policy Associate Dimple Patel explained why in a January 27 webinar, “Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act.” ESSA, signed into law by President Obama on…
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Via TheHill.com: Senate approves No Child Left Behind rewrite, sending legislation to White House
The Senate on Wednesday passed an overhaul of the George W. Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, sending the measure to President Obama’s desk. Senators approved the conference report worked out by House and Senate negotiators in a 85-12 vote — eight years after the original law expired. The House passed the legislation in an…
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Sources: House and Senate Negotiators Have Reached Preliminary ESEA Deal
UPDATED Christmas seems to have come early this year for education advocates. After weeks of long and hard negotiations, House and Senate lawmakers have reached preliminary agreement on a bill for the long-stalled re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, multiple sources say. The agreement will set the stage for an official conference committee,…
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Via Indian Country Today: A Lesson From the Miccosukee Tribe: Importance of Putting the ‘Native’ Back Into Native Education
An excerpt: “This language (English), which is good enough for a white man and a black man, ought to be good enough for the red man. It is also believed that teaching an Indian youth in his own barbarous dialect is a positive detriment to him. The first step to be taken toward civilization, toward…
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Tribal School Wins Its Own Waiver From No Child Left Behind
An excerpt: A tribal school in Florida has been granted relief from the most onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind, making it the first tribal school in the nation to win its own waiver from the nation’s main federal education law. The Miccosukee Indian School joins more than 40 states that have already won…
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Alexander, Murray Announce Bipartisan Agreement on Fixing “No Child Left Behind”
Schedule Committee Action for 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 14 Tuesday, April 07, 2015Margaret Atkinson / Jim Jeffries (Alexander): 202-224-0387 WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7 – Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced a bipartisan agreement on fixing “No Child Left Behind.” They scheduled committee action on their agreement and…