Detroit Press covers the action on the legislation moving in MI to position the state for Race to the Top.* Money quote from Democratic House education chairman Tim Melton:
“What’s been terrible for me the last few years is watching the communities that are most affected by this, that are Democratic [...]
Over the past two months, more than 20,000 teachers and their supporters have bombarded Beacon Hill with letters, e-mails, and telephone calls, urging legislators not to give superintendents unprecedented authority to ignore union rules as they overhaul troubled schools.
[...]Rep. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, has filed legislation to replace the FCAT with end-of-course exams in a range of subjects. Bullard and fellow House Democrats say the exams would expand and better measure what students learn over the course of the year -- replacing the current practice of teachers who spend [...]
What They're Saying …
… About The Assembly's Failure To Pass SBX5 1
On Wednesday, December 9, 2009, the Assembly Education Committee killed SBX5 1, bipartisan legislation introduced by the Governor and Senator Gloria Romero to make California highly competitive for up to' [...]
The Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, H.R. 4247, sponsored by U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), will provide—for the first time—federal legislation to reduce or eliminate the inappropriate use of restraints and [...]
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The House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation on Saturday designed to toughen federal regulation of the finance industry, and the measure has significant implications for private student loans in two ways. First, it would ensure that all private student loans -- including those made directly to students by [...]
In response to a Government Accountability Office report exposing the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint in schools, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) have introduced legislation establishing minimum federal standards similar to those currently in place for hospitals and non-medical [...]
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In an effort to improve high school graduation rates, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) and other Democratic leaders have introduced legislation aimed at turning around the nation’s “dropout factories” and their feeder middle schools.
“We are failing our students, failing our communities and failing our [...]
A subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed legislation Wednesday that would prohibit the promotion of any post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I contest “as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a fair and equitable playoff system.” The bill, introduced [...]
We are sorry to report that legislation that would eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program remains stalled in the Senate, as debate on the health-care overhaul bill continues to [...]
Schools nationwide would have to stop restraining or secluding students -- in most cases, special-education students -- unless there is imminent danger of injury, and beef up training of staff who use those procedures under a bill filed in Congress today. The legislation comes in the wake of a national [...]
Appropriators from the U.S. House and Senate reached agreement Tuesday on a compromise spending bill that would finance education, labor, health, science and other federal programs for the 2010 fiscal year. The omnibus legislation, which is designed to be the first of two Congress will consider to fund the [...]
In their fight against legislation that would end the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, student loan industry officials have one overriding goal: to persuade lawmakers to keep as much of the [...]
I continue to be amazed at the incredible things Gov. Schwarzenegger and reformers in California are doing to drive reform and position CA to win a lot of Race to the Top money. The contrast couldn’t be more stark with New York, where Gov. Paterson and other top political leaders [...]
[Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives is planning to consider legislation that would overhaul the government’s financial regulatory system. As part of that bill, Congress would create a new federal agency that would aim to protect consumers from predatory lending practices. In [...]
While Congress is still weighing legislation that could put $500-million into the development of open, online courses, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has stepped up to the plate. The charity is giving $12.9-million to advance technology at community colleges, improving virtual learning environments for both students and teachers.
The [...]
To assist those hardworking educators who have had their Social Security benefits unfairly reduced to offset their government pensions, NASSP is supporting the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 235/S. 484).
Sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the legislation would repeal the government pension offset [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education, its board and a host of school boards from around the state are seeking [...]
Legislation in India to allow foreign universities to create branches in the country, and to create a system for regulating them, has been delayed, The Calcutta Telegraph reported. The legislation, rather than moving forward, will be reviewed to resolve differences among various government agencies. The newspaper characterized the review [...]
As Democrats in the House of Representatives joined the Obama administration in urging college leaders to prepare for the government's seemingly likely switch to 100 percent direct student lending, Congressional Republicans issued a challenge of their own, introducing legislation (with the support of one key Democrat) that would [...]
A state legislator in Alabama -- with backing from Gov. Bob Riley, a fellow Republican -- is organizing support for legislation to cut off state funds to public universities that offer benefits to the same-sex partners of employees, the Associated Press reported. The move follows announcements by the University [...]
It occurred to us recently that readers might be wondering about the status and outlook for the Student Financial Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) legislation currently pending in Congress that would, among other things, establish a new Early Learning Challenge Grant program to support states in [...]
It occurred to us recently that readers might be wondering about the status and outlook for the Student Financial Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) legislation currently pending in Congress that would, among other things, establish a new Early Learning Challenge Grant program to support states in [...]
Back in September, we predicted that we'd all be in for "a wild ride" as legislation to overhaul the federal student loan programs makes its way through Congress. Boy, were we' [...]
