Category Archives: ESEA Reauthorization

Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

In September 2011, the Obama administration outlined how states can get relief from provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). A year and a half earlier, in March 2010, the administration had released its blueprint for revising ESEA.

Below are blog posts about the blueprint, as well as public meetings and key speeches on the reauthorization of ESEA.

Providing Our Schools Relief from No Child Left Behind

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Arne Duncan

Cross-posted from the White House Blog. When I was superintendent in Chicago, I never looked forward to a call from Washington telling me what I have to do. Now that I’m in Washington, I try not to make those calls. … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Questions About NCLB Flexibility

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

“We’re still hopeful that Congress can continue its work this fall. In the meantime, states and districts have an opportunity to move forward,” said Secretary Duncan in a statement earlier today announcing the Obama Administration’s plan to provide a process … Continue reading →

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A Teacher’s Agreement and Frustration at the Save Our Schools Rally

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Laurie Calvert

At the SOS rally with other teachers at the ellipse in front of the White House this weekend, I wrestled with conflicting emotions. On the one hand, signs everywhere testified to our universal frustration with the failed policies of NCLB … Continue reading →

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Duncan and DC Students Talk on NPR

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Laurie Calvert

In an interview earlier this week on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” Arne Duncan discussed plans to provide regulatory flexibility to states seeking relief from the No Child Left Behind law (NCLB) in exchange for enacting educational reforms. During the … Continue reading →

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Preparing Teachers to Lead and Succeed: Emporia State University’s Teachers College

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Todd May

One of the most important strategies of the President’s blueprint for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is its focus on one simple but transformative premise: great teachers matter. Decades of research indicates that the single most important school-based factor in … Continue reading →

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Duncan: “Fix No Child Left Behind – Now”

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

Another school year is coming to a close, and schools across the country are still operating under the restrictive rules of No Child Left Behind. Unless the law is changed, an overwhelming number of schools in the country may soon … Continue reading →

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NCLB: ‘Getting in the Way of Where We Need to Go’

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

Secretary Duncan emphasized once again that we need to fix NCLB in real time, not Washington time. The current law doesn’t reward schools that are making significant progress and prescribes interventions based on absolute test scores, the Secretary said last … Continue reading →

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Now’s the Time to Act on NCLB

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

Fixing No Child Left Behind (NCLB) “can’t be done in Washington time. It has to be in real people’s time,” said Secretary Duncan on Tuesday at Dayton’s Bluff Achievement Plus elementary school in St. Paul, Minn. Duncan, joined at the … Continue reading →

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Stakeholders Express Frustration Over Lack of Change in ESEA

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Dave Hoff

This week, national organizations representing school boards, superintendents, principals, teachers, parents and other stakeholders sent Secretary of Education Arne Duncan a letter asking for regulatory relief from the No Child Left Behind Act. While Congress and the Obama administration work … Continue reading →

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Supporting Teachers Through Family Engagement

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Guest Blogger

Ed. Note: Mandy Grisham is an urban music educator from Memphis Tennessee, and a mother of two boys, ages five and two. She was a recent delegate to Parenting Magazine’s second annual meeting of the Mom Congress. Here she shares … Continue reading →

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More than a Memory: Teacher Appreciation Week

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Laurie Calvert

No doubt about it, last week was a great time to be a teacher at the Department of Education. During Teacher Appreciation Week, the atmosphere brimmed with teacher focus and teacher gratitude. All week our staff wrote pieces reflecting on … Continue reading →

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Listening to Champions of Change

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

Receiving input directly from educators is a high priority for the Department of Education and the Obama administration, which is why the White House recently invited a group of teachers to the White House to participate in a roundtable discussion … Continue reading →

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