WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Academic performance

S. 3655, The Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3655 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from an employee's gross income any employer-provided supplemental instructional services assistance....

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H.R. 7203, The The Citizens' Commission on Educational Equity Act of 2008

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7203 would provide for the establishment of a commission to engage in an informed, national, and public dialogue about how to ensure that each student in the United States receives an equitable education that enables the student to achieve his or her maximum academic potential....

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H.R. 7154, The T-FELAS Act

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7154 would amend title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in order to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities to recruit, select, train, and support Expanded Learning and After-School Fellows that will strengthen expanded learning initiatives, 21st century community learning center programs, and after-school programs....

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H.R. 7116, To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States to include certain students with disabilities in the calculation of graduation rates, and to assess limited English proficient students who have been in the United States for 5 or more consecutive years

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7116 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require States to include certain students with disabilities in the calculation of graduation rates, and to assess limited English proficient students who have been in the United States for 5 or more consecutive years....

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H.R. 7063, The U.S. and the World Education Act

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7063 would raise achievement in international education in elementary schools and secondary schools through grants to improve teacher competency and to support programs in international education that supplement core curricula in such schools....

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S. 3545, The Investment in After-School Programs Act of 2008

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3545 would enhance after-school programs in rural areas of the United States by establishing a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs....

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H.R. 6971, The Public Service Scholarship Act of 2008

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6971 would establish a Public Service Scholarship Program....

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H.R. 6928, The After School Partnerships Improve Results in Education Act

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6928 would award grants to improve after-school interdisciplinary education programs....

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S. 3487, The Serve America Act

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3487 would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service....

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H.R. 6856, The Ready to Compete Act

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6856 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and to increase America's global competitiveness....

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S. 3431, The Time for Innovation Matters in Education Act of 2008

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3431 would establish expanded learning time initiatives....

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S. 3364, The Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3364 would increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies....

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H.R. 6654, The Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6654 would increase the recruitment and retention of school counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists by low-income local educational agencies....

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H.R. 6632, The Improving No Child Left Behind for All Students Act

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6632 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to reform various programs and activities carried out under that Act....

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S. 3324, The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education for the 21st Century Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3324 would provide leadership regarding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs....

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H.R. 6525, The American History and Civics Achievement Act

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6525 would amend the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to require State academic assessments of student achievement in United States history and civics....

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H.R. 6239, The NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization Act

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6239 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to suspend temporarily the process of identifying schools and local educational agencies as in need of improvement and of imposing sanctions on such schools and local educational agencies....

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H.R. 6104, The Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6104 would provide for the coordination of the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives....

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S. 3047, The Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Act of 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3047 would provide for the coordination of the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives....

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S. 3028, The Senior Year Community Service Act

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3028 would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to promote community service among United States youth by connecting secondary school seniors to community service opportunities....

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S. 3027, The COACH Act

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3027 would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a program to provide college coaches to low- and middle-income high-achieving high school students....

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H.R. 5647, To provide public charter school options for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring and those schools with a graduation rate of less than 60 percent, and for other purposes

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5647 would provide public charter school options for those students that attend schools that are in need of improvement and have been identified for restructuring and those schools with a graduation rate of less than 60 percent....

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H.R. 4880, To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for the implementation of protection and services for children and youths in out of home care, and for other purposes

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4880 would amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for the implementation of protection and services for children and youths in out of home care....

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H.R. 4305, To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4305 would amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve elementary and secondary education....

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H.R. 4262, The Maximizing the Use of Federal Education Funds for Job Creation Act of 2007

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4262 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional flexibility to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate to transfer funds among programs made available to such State by various provisions of that Act....

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