|
|
Interversity Quotes"I think it's time to ask the Standardistos: Where's the test for compassion? For honesty? For curiosity? For moral commitment? Until they can answer, let's tell them to shut up." —Susan Ohanian (One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards) Interversity ProjectsEchoes of Orwell:The purpose of this webforum is to promote a lively discussion among students and faculty alike about George Orwell's 1984 and the parallels or echoes found in today's society. |
[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] No Child Left Behind Titles II - IX on line
remaining titles now posted http://edlabor.house.gov/micro/nclb.shtml -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Home Hearings Newsroom Issues About Legislation ESEA/NCLB a.. Committee Hearings b.. ESEA/NCLB Shortchanged c.. Reading Program Violations d.. ESEA/NCLB Home e.. Committee Home E-Newsletter Search Elementary & Secondary Education/No Child Left Behind Committee Focus a.. No Child Left Behind b.. Mine Safety & Health c.. College Cost Reduction and Access Act d.. Employee Free Choice e.. Raise the Minimum Wage Committee Releases Remaining Titles of Miller-McKeon NCLB Discussion Draft Today Representatives George Miller, and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Chairman and Senior Republican of the Committee on Education and Labor, and Representatives Dale E. Kildee and Michael N. Castle, Chairman and Senior Republican of the Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee released a staff discussion draft of remaining titles for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This follows the release last week of a staff discussion draft of Title I. The Committee welcomes and encourages comments on this discussion draft. Please send any comments on the remaining titles by September 14, 2007 to ESEA.Comments@mail.house.gov. a.. View the text of the Title II draft » a.. View the text of the Title III-Title IX draft » a.. View the summary of this draft » a.. More on No Child Left Behind » Committee Releases Miller-McKeon NCLB Discussion Draft Today Representatives George Miller and Howard "Buck" McKeon, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, released a staff discussion draft of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This draft was developed through input received at nearly two dozen Congressional hearings and many discussions with education organizations and concerned citizens. The Committee welcomes and encourages comments on this discussion draft. Please send any comments to ESEAComments@mail.house.gov. a.. View the Miller, McKeon, Kildee, and Castle letter concerning this draft » a.. View the text of this draft » a.. View the summary of this draft » Chairman Miller Delivers Major Address on NCLB Watch Video » Chairman Miller on NCLB: Maintain Accountability in Schools and Make the Law Fair, Flexible, and Funded: On July 30, in a speech at the National Press Club, Chairman George Miller said that, while the nation must maintain its commitment to the goals of the No Child Left Behind law of closing the academic achievement gap and helping all children learn by holding states and schools accountable for studentsâ?T academic progress, we must also make significant changes to the law in order to reach those goals. Miller highlighted six features he will focus on during reauthorization, including fairness and flexibility for schools, a rich and challenging curriculum, support for teachers and principals, school accountability, steps to turn around low-performing middle and high schools, and greater investments to achieve the law's goals. More on the six key features» Read Chairman Miller's speech » Strengthening America's Middle Class Five decades after Brown v. Board of Education, we still do not offer all children the same educational opportunities. In addition to the achievement gap between low-income and minority children and their peers, American students suffer from a second kind of achievement gap when compared globally. Across income and background levels in math and science, our children go from among the top students in the world in the fourth grade to near the bottom by the twelfth grade. We have one of the highest dropout rates in the world. The Committee on Education and Labor is working to close the achievement gap so all children are able to get the skills they need to succeed. In 2002, Democrats helped pass bipartisan legislation, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Since then, the Bush administration bungled early implementation of this law. With the President's last budget proposal, the law was underfunded by $55 billion. The Committee will work to narrow the funding gap, ensuring that every child can get the education he or she deserves. Miller, Bloomberg Discuss NCLB Reauthorization Congressman George Miller and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg met in the U.S. Capitol Monday, February 12, 2007, to discuss school reforms in New York and the upcoming reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. Related News -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/30/2007 Chairman Miller Remarks on the Future of the No Child Left Behind Education Law 7/30/2007 Chairman Miller: While Maintaining Accountability in Schools, We Must Make the Law Fair, Flexible, and Funded 6/7/2007 Chairman Miller Statement on Report on State Academic Standards 6/5/2007 Study Shows Student Achievement Moving in Right Direction, But More Needs to be Done, Says Chairman Miller 5/16/2007 Education and Labor Committee Hears from Members of Congress on Ways to Improve No Child Left Behind Committee on Education and Labor 2181 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington, DC 20515 | t: 202-225-3725 Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Republican Views
Post a Message to arn-l: |
eric |