Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Passes House

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What to Watch House Passes ESEA Reauthorization; Senate Reaches Interest Rate Deal. Number of the Week What percentage of mothers support school vouchers? Quote of the Week Read Jay P. Greene's prediction on the future of Common Core. Don't Miss Colorado school district rejects Common Core.

Rewrite of No Child Left Behind Passes House By Lindsey Burke The House passed the Student Success Act (SSA), a proposal sponsored by Representatives John Kline (R–MN) and Todd Rokita (R–IN) to rewrite the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The proposal aims to fix some of NCLB’s most egregious policy flaws. LEARN THE SPECIFICS >> What To Watch Senate Reaches Student Loan Interest Rate Deal, but There is Still Room for Fair Value Accounting The Senate reached an agreement on student loan interest rates, which would set the undergraduate rate at 3.86% for the coming school year, after which interest rates will be pegged to the 10-year Treasury borrowing rate plus 2.05%. The policy agreement does not incorporate fair value accounting, which calculates market-risk in assessing the cost of Federal Student Loans. See the full article, from Education Law Review.

Number of the Week 66 Percent 66 percent of mothers of school-aged children support school vouchers; 69 percent of mothers of school-aged children favor tax-scholarships and 65 percent favor education savings accounts. See: The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's "Schooling in America Survey: What Do Mothers Say About K-12 Education”   Quote of the Week “It’s politically inevitable that [Common Core] efforts will collapse, be hijacked by the establishment, or become an empty shell." -Jay P. Greene, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas

Don’t Miss Colorado School District Rejects Common Core National Standards The Douglas County School Board in Colorado passed a resolution opposing the Common Core national standards due to the quality of the standards and on principle. See The Foundry's full article.

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