House Republicans are poised to revisit an elementary and secondary education bill, months after it was controversially pulled from House consideration amid conservative objections.
The No Child Left Behind rewrite is expected on the floor in July, several members said, and to appease conservatives and outside groups who targeted the bill, House leaders will allow the chamber to vote… Read more »
WASHINGTON - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following joint statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Education regarding its controversial college rating system:
"The department’s decision to abandon an arbitrary… Read more »
The Obama administration has abandoned a plan for the federal government to rate colleges and universities, opting instead to give consumers more tools and information to draw their own conclusions.
The announcement Thursday shifted the course of an initiative that had drawn sharp criticism from the higher education community soon after President Obama announced it on Aug. 22,… Read more »
The current K-12 education system is failing our students. Just 36 percent of eighth-grade students read at grade level and only 35 percent are proficient in math.
Unfortunately, state and local attempts to improve student achievement have been hampered by an enormous federal footprint. Parents and education leaders have lost much of their decision-making authority to Washington… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the higher education subcommittee on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, looked to witnesses for thoughts on two issues in higher at a hearing today: measuring student achievement measure in higher ed, and updating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Christine Keller, vice president for research and policy analysis at the Association… Read more »
In her first leadership role as a member of Congress, North Carolina’s Rep. Alma Adams on Tuesday made sure that minority students and historically black colleges were included in a debate on how to improve the nation’s higher education system.
The longtime educator led the Democrats at a House Education and Workforce Training subcommittee hearing on the reauthorization of the Higher… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair of the higher education subcommittee on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, looked to witnesses for thoughts on two issues in higher at a hearing today: measuring student achievement measure in higher ed, and updating the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Christine Keller, vice president for research and policy analysis at the Association… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce federal intrusion and limit the costly regulatory burden on colleges and universities.
H.R. 970, the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act, would eliminate unnecessary federal regulations that restrict choice and opportunity in higher education, including the gainful employment… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation that would strengthen and improve the investment tool known as a 529 plan, which helps families save for their child’s college education. H.R. 529 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 401 to 20.
“Paying for college is hard work, and it’s getting more difficult as tuition and fees continue to… Read more »
The current K-12 education system is failing our students, and state and local attempts to make it better have been hampered by an enormous federal footprint. Parents and education leaders have lost much of their decision-making authority to Washington bureaucrats, and the Secretary of Education has bullied states into adopting the Obama administration’s pet projects.
Unsurprisingly,… Read more »
