The question has been asked, “Why the rush to suddenly renew NCLB?”. I want to offer some answers to that question. Not that my answers are correct. Just my thoughts. HR5, has been around since 2013. It has taken several forms since then. It was first approved in the House in July 2013, never made…
The final vote on S1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act, will be tomorrow morning, Wednesday, 12/9/2015, at 10:45 am EST. Short of Divine intervention, this bill will pass the Senate. After Cloture vote today, which was successful 86-12 with both Senators Thune and Rounds voting in the affirmative, Sen. Lamar Alexander said, “I don’t think…
Wendy Hart, Alyson Williams and Jane Robbins have prepared a comparison of NCLB and ESSA. Thank-you ladies! No Child Left Behind (NCLB):2002 vs Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):2015 The ESSA has been explained as a significant improvement over NCLB in the areas of federal overreach into education, specifically regarding standards, testing, and accountability measures. In…
It has been said that parents, teachers and school districts are crying out for a fix to NCLB. Many promises were made with NCLB, and yet now it is being called the “failed” No Child Left Behind. It is said there were good intentions. I believe there are some good intentions in ESSA. I also…
Last week, the House passed the renewal of NCLB with S1177. You can read about that bill here. Our own Kristi Noem voted for this 1061 page monstrosity with less than 72 hours to read it. We are told the Senate will vote on this leviathan this week. The education establishment has been busy helping…
This is going to be a long post. I want to put all information, we have so far regarding the ESEA/NCLB renewal, now dubbed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA) in one place. Given that it is over 1,000 pages of legal ease, and it has only been available for 6 days, we know that…
It is likely that the House of Representatives will vote today on the ESEA/NCLB renewal renamed “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA). There are many reasons to oppose this renewal. I want to highlight a few of them here. Over 1,000 pages of federal control does not equal local control. This bill was released to Representatives…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 