Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 12, Number 4

Alliance for Excellent Education. 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 901, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-828-0828; Fax: 202-828-0821; Web site: http://www.all4ed.org

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Parents; Policymakers

Teacher Effectiveness; Federal Aid; Politics of Education; Public Education; Educational Finance; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Accountability; Educational Change; Dropout Prevention; Dropouts; Educational Improvement; Academic Achievement

Illinois; Mississippi; New Hampshire; Tennessee

Elementary and Secondary Education Act; No Child Left Behind Act 2001

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Obama Releases Fiscal Year 2013 Federal Budget: Budget Proposes 3.8 Percent Increase in Discretionary Funding for U.S. Department of Education; (2) Catch the Waive: Eleven States Receive Flexibility Under NCLB in Exchange for Reform; (3) House Committee Holds Hearing on ESEA Rewrite: Hearing Focuses on NCLB Accountability and Teacher Effectiveness; and (4) State of the State Addresses: Spotlighting Speeches by Governors in Illinois, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Tennessee. (Contains 3 footnotes.)

ERIC

2013

ED538505