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Progress Towards ESEA Reauthorization

AAG Staff July 14, 2015 Progress Towards ESEA Reauthorization2017-10-20T14:47:39-04:00 Policy Update
The AAG has been working hard to encourage Senators to include dedicated funding for geography as part of any new education law and have had some success to this point. Geography is again included as a core academic subject within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) bill and there is a new funding program that…
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Senate ESEA Reauthorization Bill Includes Geography Grant Program

John Wertman May 8, 2015 Senate ESEA Reauthorization Bill Includes Geography Grant Program2017-10-20T14:49:00-04:00 Policy Update
The Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), the given name of the Senate’s legislation reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – which is currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) – includes a program that awards competitive grants “to promote innovative history, civic, and geography instruction, learning strategies, and professional development activities and…
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Reauthorization of ESEA (No Child Left Behind) Heating Up

Douglas Richardson, John Wertman February 4, 2015 Reauthorization of ESEA (No Child Left Behind) Heating Up2017-10-20T14:50:45-04:00 Policy Update
A draft reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is currently known as No Child Left Behind, has been released by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the new Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.  By taking this step so early in the newly-convened 114th Congress, Alexander is signaling…
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