Legislative Updates

Education Brief, OrlandoSentinel
March 15, 2010

"More civics education needed, advocates say"
Florida lawmakers are listening and may require more classes — and testing — on the subject
By Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel   --> read more »

Education Brief, Education Week
March 13, 2010

By Alyson Klein
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has released broad principles for renewing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that seek to address perennial complaints that the law’s current version—the No Child Left Behind Act—is inflexible and doesn’t set a high enough bar for academic achievement.   --> read more »

Education Brief, USA Today
March 13, 2010

By Greg Toppo   --> read more »

Education Brief, New York Times
March 13, 2010

By SAM DILLON
The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape divisive provisions that encouraged instructors to teach to tests, narrowed the curriculum, and labeled one in three American schools as failing.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Healthcare is still a heavy subject on Capitol Hill. The president announced last week he was postponing his trip to Asia in hopes that the Democrats could get the votes they need to pass the healthcare bill.   --> read more »

Education Brief, Education Week

By Catherine Gewertz
The first public draft of grade-by-grade common standards, released this morning, is being greeted with a mix of praise and skepticism, illustrating both the mounting consensus that the country needs to set higher expectations for all students and the many problems that complicate their adoption.   --> read more »

Education Brief, New York Times

By SAM DILLON
A panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation.   --> read more »

On Monday, March 8, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Department of Education's final priorities for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). Please find attached a summary of these final regulations.

Education Brief, The Washington Post

By Nick Anderson
Wednesday, March 10, 2010; 11:39 AM

The nation's governors and state schools chiefs proposed standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama's campaign to raise academic standards across the country.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Jobs and Healthcare took center stage in Washington this week, with the Senate taking action on a small but important bill that the House then expanded and adopted. This is the first in a series of jobs bills designed to spur economic growth that will dominate legislative conversation in the Capitol for many months---that and healthcare.   --> read more »