Outdated education law up for major makeover in Senate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Long outdated and widely criticized as unrealistic, the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is on track for a major revision after the House voted to dramatically limit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.
