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The Florida Independent: GOP officials: Crafting national immigration policy ‘an economic imperative’
A panel of state and federal GOP officials who spoke at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami Friday called for a national conversation on immigration reform at the federal level.
View More —›The Hill: No Child Left Behind deserves high marks
Ten years ago, when I was domestic policy adviser, I boarded Air Force One with President George W. Bush for travel to Ohio, Massachusetts and New Hampshire with Senate education leaders Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and House education leaders John Boehner (R-Ohio) and George Miller (D-Calif.). The occasion was the signing into law of the No Child Left Behind Act.
View More —›Education Week: Maintaining the Federal Role in Accountability
The political season is upon us, so we are hearing political promises dealing with the education of our children, from abolishing the U.S. Department of Education to increasing spending for teachers and classrooms. These perennial debates often miss the issues really plaguing our schools and our country: the need to dramatically improve achievement for all—especially our poor and minority students.
View More —›U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Lessons of No Child Left Behind 10 Years Later
This Sunday, January 8th, will mark the ten year anniversary of President George W. Bush signing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law. Over the past decade we have learned a lot about the importance of collecting data, being accountable for the success of all students, and setting targets. We have also seen multiple attempts to reauthorize the law only to watch them die before reaching the President’s desk. This anniversary serves as a reminder that critical information has been gathered as a result of this law being passed, but we also need to take what we have learned and improve it through reauthorization.
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Margaret Spellings speaking at U.S. Chamber of Commerce entrepreneurship event
View More —›Fox Business: Are Teachers Overpaid?
Margaret Spellings discusses teacher compensation.
View More —›Bloomberg Businessweek: The Right Tools Are Needed to Measure Progress
Before we can fix our education system, we need to measure how we’re doing. Otherwise we’re just guessing at what’s wrong and what needs to be fixed.
View More —›The Tennessean: Spellings warns against dismantling ‘No Child’ law
Former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, a leading enforcer of the federal No Child Left Behind law, says she worries a proposal to dismantle that system would be a step backward for the nation’s 50 million students.
View More —›The Tennessean: ‘Good, bad, ugly’ typical in K-12
While the Tennessee state slogan, “America at its best” is one of pride and achievement, when we look to the current state of Tennessee’s education system we are reminded of a common catchphrase: “the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
View More —›The Huffington Post: What It’s Going to Take to Transform Our Schools
Remember the adage, “the only constant is change”? True — unless you’re talking about education. The number of people in the education system who have actually embraced change is so completely dwarfed by the number who resist it, that the impact our innovators have had in moving the dial on student outcomes is almost inconsequential when you look at the overall data.
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