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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Grumpy Educators: ESEA legislation: Which way is the wind blowing?

Grumpy Educators: ESEA legislation: Which way is the wind blowing?:

ESEA legislation: Which way is the wind blowing?

Legislation regarding the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act hit the proverbial fan. Some of the key initiatives promoted by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other education reformers are being revisited, reduced, diminished, or disappearing. One thing is clear, there is bipartisan support for shifting authority over education away from Washington D.C. and back to