#ESEA Update: Harkin-Enzi Makes It Out Of Committee
Wow. Late on Thursday Senator Harkin sent out a press release touting the passage of the #ESEA rewrite by the Senate education committee stating that "Tonight is a victory – both for our nation’s children and for bipartisanship."
We'll see about that. Meantime, here are some of the early writeups: Senate Panel Approves ESEA Overhaul EdWeek: Harkin hopes to move the bill to the floor of the Senate before Thanksgiving, and he believes it's "possible" that Congress could approve a rewritten version of the nation's main education law before Christmas.Senate committee votes to update education law AP: A committee forwarded to the Senate Thursday evening a bill that rewrites the education law No Child Left Behind. ESEA mark-up: Bill moved from committee, 15-7 Ed Sector: Here’s highlights of approved amendments from the afternoon, in the
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