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12 Jan 2015
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Up for Vote Series: Exploring Reauthorization

Our Education Policy Center's Up for Vote blog series explores much needed Congressional action to reauthorize the framework legislation for federal education policy. Our recommendations reflect years of research and direct work with states and districts to improve schooling.

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15 Jan 2015
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Up for Vote #1: Think Big and Give Educators the Tools to Succeed

The 114th Congress needs to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—but this time, no silver bullets or artificial deadlines. As Sara Wraight argues in this blog post, real education reform will take many years, and it’s time to go long.
Topic: 
Education, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Teacher Preparation and Performance
28 Jan 2015
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Up for Vote #2: Lessons Learned From Research and Practice in SIG Schools

Successive federal efforts to tackle the entrenched challenges of persistently low-performing schools have fallen far short of their goal. In this blog post, Kerstin Le Floch and Catherine Barbour offer three ways ESEA can build capacity in low-performing schools.
Topic: 
Education, District and School Improvement, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
23 Mar 2015
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Up for Vote #3: Vital Education Data Should Be Accessible and Confidential

In this blog post, Matthew Soldner argues that, as Congress works on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the need for far better research and access to federal student aid data should be high on its agenda.
Topic: 
Education, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Higher Education
2 Apr 2015
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Up for Vote #4: Title IIA: What a Better Version Might Look Like in Your Neighborhood School System

Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act aims to increase academic achievement by improving teacher and principal quality. In this blog post, Jane Coggshall describes her recommendations to ensure that states, regions, and districts work more strategically both to develop individual teachers and leaders and to develop—and continuously improve—whole schools and districts.
Topic: 
Education, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Teacher Preparation and Performance
21 Apr 2015
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Up for Vote #5: Rethinking the Role of Pre-K in ESEA Sequel

As ESEA turns 50 this month, the time is ripe to rethink whether the “E” in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is the best place to start. In this blog post, Susan Muenchow discusses the robust research that reveals students are most successful when they get a good jumpstart prior to elementary school.
Topic: 
Education, Early Childhood and Child Development, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
3 Jun 2015
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Up for Vote #6: HELP for Education Consumers

In this blog post, Mark Schneider explores the issues currently up for discussion before the Senate Health Education and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the impact on higher education.
Topic: 
Higher Education, Education, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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