Tag: NCLB
House Passes Every Student Succeeds Act to Overhaul NCLB
Posted: December 5, 2015 at 5:27 am / Education
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that will revise the controversial No Child Left Behind law and end the era in which the federal government patrolled public school achievement. ESSA will restore control to the individual states and local districts, writes Emmarie Huetteman and Mokoto Rich of The New […]
House, Senate Reach Compromise on NCLB Fix
Posted: November 24, 2015 at 5:24 am / Education
House and Senate negotiators have come to a rough agreement on the overhaul of No Child Left Behind, the federal law governing K-12 education, which could mean that Congress will complete its efforts to fix the law within the next few weeks. NCLB, the latest incarnation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was introduced by former […]