President Obama signed what’s called the Every Student Succeeds Act that replaces the No Child Left Behind standards that have dominated education for more than a decade.
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President Obama signed a new education act into law Thursday. New York City depends upon the law’s Title I provisions to bridge the gap between children from low-income families and those whose families are more affluent.
“This bill makes long overdue fixes to the last education law”. Schoolchildren will still have to take reading and math tests in grades three through eight and once in high school but the weight those tests are given in evaluating schools and teachers will be left to the states.
The new law changes much about the federal government’s role in education, largely by scaling back Washington’s influence. “It creates real a partnership between the states, which will have new flexibility to tailor their improvement plans, and the federal government, which will have the oversight to make sure that the plans are sound”.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. talks with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen.
“You’ll see states taking the opportunity to serve kids better, meaning it’s not just a conversation about labeling schools but also a conversation about when a school’s not doing right by kids”, Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, said in an interview. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX) didn’t vote.
The rewrite of the law will bring more money to North Carolina and more than 30 other states to help schools in poor areas locate and retain good teachers.
KUNM: New Mexico’s teacher evaluation system has been very contentious, they’ve been the subject of lawsuits and protests by teachers unions-what effect, if any, will this new law have on that system? “Had he not been as tenacious as he was, I don’t believe we would have as good a product as we have here today”.
Missouri State Teacher Association spokesman Tod Fuller said Missourians were frustrated with the amount of testing.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to send President Obama the sweeping legislation that would give the states greater control over the nation’s public schools but still maintain annual testing to gauge student progress.
“WHEN are our elected officials going to stop the toxic assessment culture mostly benefiting test companies?” asked Florida Parents Against Common Core.
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True said what is important is putting the power back in the hands of the local and state governments.
