Tag: No Child Left Behind
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The Common Core Initiative, Education Outcomes, and American Indian/Alaska Native Students: Observations and Recommendations
Many educators and policymakers in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are concerned that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will fall short of their goal to ensure the preparation of all students for college and/or career. This paper explores how the CCSS could affect AI/AN students, and examines how to best implement the standards to increase…
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U.S. Department of Education Names Committee Members to Draft Proposed Regulations for Every Student Succeeds Act
TEDNA Member Representative Leslie Harper Named Tribal Leadership Negotiator on ESSA Rulemaking Committee The U.S. Department of Education today named committee members who will draft proposed regulations in two areas of Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This is the latest step in the process of implementing ESSA. “We look…
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ESEA Rewrite Passes Senate, Heads to President’s Desk
An excerpt: Hear that collective whoop from the Capitol? That’s the sound of education advocates and lawmakers cheering at the finish line as the first rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in more than a dozen years sails through Congress and on to the White House. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved the…
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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…