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Federal Flash: May 21
A Little Known Fact About Federal Education Funding
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Federal Flash: May 29
A Closer Look at the Senate’s Bill to Rewrite NCLB
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Federal Role in Education: Historical Context
This animated short film will take you on a visual journey through the federal role in education throughout history.
This video is part of the Federal Education Policy badge. Check out the other videos to earn this badge!
- Introduction to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- What is the ESEA?
- What is the Federal Role in Education?
- The History of the Federal Role in Education
- What is the State and District Role in Education?
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The Federal Role Changes
Learn about the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act of 1965—the most significant federal legislation in the history of education. Jack Jennings, Author, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015) talks about how ESEA was framed and how it has evolved to address the problems of fragmentation in a system of 14,000 independent school districts operating in fifty states.
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Influencing Congress
How can an ordinary person impact Congress? Jack Jennings, Author, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015), dispels some of the mystery of Congress and shares sage advice on meeting with its members and their staff to influence action on federal education policies.
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Equity and the Origins of ESEA
Jack Jennings, Author, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015), describes the influential role that the federal government has played in education since the 1960s. Jennings served as staff director and general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor for almost three decades and later founded the Center on Education Policy. He provides the inside story on how the federal government adopted the pursuit of equity as the focus of its education policy.
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What is the Federal Role in Education?
Alliance president Bob Wise provides an overview of the federal role in education. This video is part of the Federal Education Policy badge. Check out the other videos to earn this badge!
- Federal Role in Education: Historical Context
- Introduction to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- What is the ESEA?
- The History of the Federal Role in Education
- What is the State and District Role in Education?
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Federal Flash: May 8, 2015
Presenting updates on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Rewrite and Education Funding.
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The Bipartisan Senate Bill You’ve Never Heard of Just Expanded Pathways to College
A new bipartisan bill to increase American global competitiveness passed the U.S. Senate with provisions to create state grants to expand college and career STEM pathways so students can earn college credit or an industry credential while in high school. Before kicking off a series of Education Equity Summits, the U.S. Department of Education published guidance for states and districts on the Maintenance of Equity requirement for spending COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan, which prohibits disproportionate state and local funding cuts in high-poverty districts and schools. Finally, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued a request for information on school discipline policies and practices, which could make way for an update to the rescinded discipline guidance issued by the Obama administration.
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Broadening Support for Federal Aid
A specific challenge in developing federal policy is to find or build general support while concentrating on major problems that chiefly affect limited and often relatively powerless segments of the population. Jack Jennings, Author, Presidents, Congress, and the Public Schools (Harvard Education Press, March 2015), reflects on the lessons learned about developing effective policies that can have widespread and profound effects.