"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

Follow the Money: Race to the Top and ESSA

By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D.  |  January 11, 2016  Education Views 

The truth about Race to the Top, Common Core, and ESSA are lost in the daily minutia fed to the American public. This discussion is about learning who is profiting from – and controlling -- American public education. 

Boehner Resigns: Passage of No Child Left Behind Reauthorization Uncertain

Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D.    September 27, 2015

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced on September 25 that he will retire from Congress at the end of October.

This throws a monkey wrench into the work for passage of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), currently known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).  NCLB was due for reauthorization in 2007.  Even though that never happened, Congress has continued to fund the expired legislation.