Senate Will Vote On ESEA Reauthorization Tomorrow

With only a Senate vote and President Barack Obama’s stamp of approval left, Congress looks set to finalize reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (or ESEA) this week. The Every Student Succeeds Act would include key Obama administration priorities, such as pre-K, but not others, such as dramatic school turnarounds and teacher evaluation through student outcomes. Alyson Klein of Education Week’s Politics K-12 blog examines how the potential law would differ from its predecessor, No Child Left Behind.

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• Source: Education Week – Politics K-12
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The No Child Left Behind Act is about to get a much-delayed facelift. The bill to replace the pretty-much-universally despised NCLB law- the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA-already sailed through the House and is expected to coast through the Senate. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it (maybe even as soon as this week).

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