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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Momentum Builds to Reform ESEA

Momentum Builds to Reform ESEA

Momentum Builds to Reform ESEA

Congressional Members and Organizations Want an Improved Education Law

SOURCE: AP/Dawn Villella

Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chair of the House Education Committee, has scheduled five hearings on education since February 10. The topics focused on limiting federal involvement in education, but the actual discussion at the hearings was about how to improve the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Momentum is building for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, the largest federal program designed to improve education, particularly for disadvantaged students. Just last week a broad range of groups urged Congress to reform