Tag: No Child Left Behind

• 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…

  April 1, 2016

  Article, Curriculum, Youth

  CCSS, College and Career Readiness, College and Career Success, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Local Education Agencies, No Child Left Behind, State Education Agencies

• 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…

  March 7, 2016

  Announcement

  Department of Education, ESSA, ESSA Rulemaking Committee, Every Student Succeeds Act, Lelsie Harper, No Child Left Behind

• Via IndianCountryToday: Looking Ahead: 2016 Loaded With Big Changes for Indian Country

  Important developments are expected in Indian country in 2016. Here are some of them: Kevin Washburn Leaving BIA; Lawrence Roberts to Take Over Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, will be leaving his post in January to return to teaching at the University of New Mexico School of Law.…

  January 5, 2016

  Article

  Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Carcieri, Dollar General, Elementary and Secondary School Act, ESSA, ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, John Barrasso, Kevin Washburn, Lawrence Roberts, National Indian Education Association, NIEA, No Child Left Behind, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Supreme Court, Violence Against Women Act

• 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…

  December 9, 2015

  Article

  Bobby Scott, Early and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, John Kline, Lamar Alexander, No Child Left Behind, Patty Murray

• 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…

  December 9, 2015

  Article

  Bernie Sanders, bipartisan, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Act, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz

• Via NYTimes.com: Senate Approves Overhaul of No Child Left Behind Law

  An excerpt: WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping revision of the contentious No Child Left Behind law, sending to President Obama’s desk a proposal that ends an era of federal control in education policy after 14 years. The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 85 to 12, would restore…

  December 9, 2015

  Article

  American Federation of Teachers, Barrack Obama, bipartisan, George W Bush, Lamar Alexander, Lily Garcia, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Patty Murray, Randi Weingarten, Senate, standardized testing, Testing Requirements