What are Congress and the Obama administration doing to address the crises?
Keep up to date on activity.
U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Updates
U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Updates
To read more about what is happening with ESEA reauthorization, visit the Alliance’s blog, High School Soup.
Read relevant media, articles, and opinion pieces.
11 States Seek Relief From ‘No Child' Provisions, in Return for Raising Standards (New York Times, November 15, 2011)
Senate Panel Approves Bill That Rewrites Education Law (New York Times, October 21, 2011)
State Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law (New York Times, August 14, 2011)
Overriding a Key Education Law (New York Times, August 8, 2011)
Schools Chiefs See a Path to Proposing Their Own Accountability Systems (New York Times, July 12, 2011)
Republican Challenges Administration on Plans to Override Education Law (New York Times, June 23, 2011)
Education Secretary May Agree to Waivers on ‘No Child' Law Requirements (New York Times, June 12, 2011)
Outlines of ESEA's Future Emerging on Capitol Hill (Education Week, May 13, 2011)
Obama Urges Education Law Overhaul (New York Times, March 14, 2011)
ESEA Renewal May See New Momentum (Education Week, January 28, 2011)
School reform: A chance for bipartisan governing (Washington Post, Op-ed by Arne Duncan, January 3, 2011)
New Challenges for Obama's Education Agenda in the Face of a G.O.P.-Led House (New York Times, December 11, 2010)
Push to Renew ESEA Faces Steep Policy, Political Hurdles (Education Week, May 17, 2010)
The Administration Keeps the Right Principles in Amending No Child Left Behind (Washington Post, Editorial, March 17, 2010)
Obama Calls for Major Change in Education Law (New York Times, March 15, 2010)
No-Child Law Is a Highlight of Hearing on Education (New York Times, March 3, 2010)
House Announces Bipartisan Effort to Rewrite No Child law (Washington Post, February 18, 2010)
Administration Pushes to Rework No Child Left Behind Law (Washington Post, January 28, 2010)