Outdated education law up for major makeover in Senate
The way the nation’s public schools are evaluated — teachers, students and the schools themselves — is in store for a major makeover, with a sweeping shift from federal to state control over school accountability and student testing.
No Child revision easily clears House, heads to Senate
Long outdated and widely criticized as unrealistic, the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is on track for a major revision after the House voted to dramatically limit the federal government’s role in education policy but keep the annual testing requirements for the nation’s public schoolchildren.
House to vote on No Child Left Behind rewrite
The House is ready to vote today on a long-sought rewrite of the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law that would roll back the federal government’s authority to push academic standards and tell schools how to improve.
Senate OKs revised No Child education law, compromise needed
More than a decade after No Child Left Behind established a stronger federal role in public education, the Senate on Thursday approved a rewrite of the much-criticized education law that would return much of that power to the states.
Senate to vote on revision to No Child education law
The nation’s main education law, long overdue for an overhaul, is headed for a major revision in the Senate.
No Child revision barely passes House, goes next to Senate
The focus is on the Senate as it considers a rewrite of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law, a day after the House narrowly passed a Republican-led measure that dramatically lessens the federal role in education policy.
White House threatens veto of bill to overhaul education law
The White House threatened Wednesday to veto a Republican bill to overhaul the widely criticized No Child Left Behind law, calling the effort “a significant step backwards.”
House to debate partisan bill to fix No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind is a widely criticized law, but a GOP bill intended to fix it isn’t winning popularity contests among House Democrats.
Republicans, Democrats jockey on changing education law
Outnumbered by Republicans, Democratic lawmakers are jockeying to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law.
Senate committee to focus on issue of federally mandated testing
he Republican-controlled Senate education panel is beginning its revision of the landmark No Child Left Behind education law.
No Child Left Behind gets renewed focus
The No Child Left Behind education law could be making a political comeback.
House votes to replace ‘No Child’ education law
WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Friday to dismantle the troubled No Child Left Behind law for evaluating America’s students and schools, saying states and local
Republicans: Give governors more school say
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation’s schools, and governors would be put in charge of classrooms under companion bills Senate and House Republicans introduced Thursday.
Miss. granted ‘No Child Left Behind’ waiver
Mississippi joined more than half the states in the nation this week, when it was granted a waiver from the most challenging aspects of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.
Editorial: Our View: A law best left behind
When they crafted the No Child Left Behind legislation, lawmakers should have turned to educators. They could have told legislators that you can’t teach children to think if you are simply coaching them to pass a test.
A decade later: Was No Child Left Behind the answer?
The No Child Left Behind Act was hailed as a solution to the nation’s education woes when signed into law in 2002. The legislation was complex, but the desired outcome was simple: better teachers, better schools and better education, particularly for minorities and underprivileged children.
Bush education law offered great promise, but after 10 years, wide agreement on need to fix it
WASHINGTON — The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world.
Columbus schools’ accreditation in danger
COLUMBUS — The Columbus Municipal School District has faced its share of challenges this year, from searching for a superintendent to wrangling a budget that left even accountants befuddled.
Monday night, board members learned of a new problem: The district is at risk of losing its accreditation for failing to administer state subject area tests to special education students at Columbus High School.