Federal K-12 Education Programs Face Obstacles to Renewal: While both Republicans and Democrats call it an issue where they may find common ground in 2011, Congress is facing tough choices on the future of the nation’s main K-12 education law—including how to respond to calls from Congressional Black Caucus members to focus more attention on low-income schools.
“To achieve our nation’s fundamental promise of equality, we must start with equal education and opportunity,” says U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a CBC member who is proposing major changes in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), more popularly known as the No Child Left Behind Act.
