Senate Committee Reaches Agreement on New ESEA, April 7, 2015
Diane Ravitch Blog
Key Points:
- Senate Commitee works on re-authorization of ESEA (Elementary & Secondary Education Act-- currently “No Child Left Behind.”)
- Removes
- Significant amount of Federal oversight/ tools for manipulation.
- “low-performing schools” sanctions
- Leaves
- Yearly testing in place
- Does not create vouchers
- Does not create Score Card for low-performing schools to provide funding differential transparency
Intended Audience:
Policy Wonks, School administrators, practicioners
Relevance:
New legislation in this direction could be a boon for teacher professionalism and what I see as more authentic learning. It is important that this is only a Senate committee draft, subject to floor debate (if allowed) and the hugely partisan House before heading to Obama (who, by the way might now like how many of Arne Duncan’s tools/ initiatives are repudiated with this legislation). If lame-duck congress can pass this before we start teaching, it will be a better footing at the beggining of our careers.
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