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Joy Resmovits

Sen. Rand Paul: Slow Down Education Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Education News, Elementary and Secondary Act, John McCain, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Michael Bennet, Lamar Alexander, Teachers Unions, Bernie Sanders, Lisa Murkowski, Video, Education, Senate Help Committee, Teacher Evaluations, Rand Paul, Mike Enzi, Education Policy, 112th Congress, Education Reform, Kay Hagan, Education News

Letters and amendments are flying on the eve of the first markup of a comprehensive rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law, providing a glimpse into ...

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Joy Resmovits

Federal Government's Role In Grading Teachers At Center Of Legislative Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Education News, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Education, Senate Help Committee, Arne Duncan, No Child Left Behind, Lamar Alexander, 112th Congress, Education Reform, Nclb Waivers, Barack Obama, Education News

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) shifted a major teacher evaluation requirement out of his rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- known as N...

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Joy Resmovits

Tom Harkin's Version Of No Child Left Behind

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Education News, Education Politics, Senate Help Committee, Education, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, John Kline, Arne Duncan, Administration Nclb Blueprint, No Child Left Behind, Tom Harkin, Education News

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) released his draft of the Elementary and Secondary Achievement Act -- known as "No Child Left Behind" -- on Tuesday, defendin...

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Arthur Delaney

Economic Misery Gets A Hearing On The Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Senate Help Committee, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Mike Enzi, American Dream, Tom Harkin, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a vain effort to shift beltway attention away from budgets and deficits to pervasive economic misery, Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin...

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We Don't Need No (For-Profit) Education

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: For-Profit College Regulations, Kaplan University, University of Phoenix, Senate Republicans, For-Profit College Rules, George W. Bush, Tom Harkin, Gao Report, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, University, U.S. Senate, Strayer University, Bush Administration, College, Senate Democrats, DeVry Universty, Higher Education, Gao, Senate H.E.L.P. Committee, Government Accountability Office, For-Profit Colleges, Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Politics News
Karl Frisch

The for-profit college industry is offering prospective students certificates and degrees that are often useless after badgering them into signing up for federal student loans that they may never be able to repay.

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For-Profit Education: Will We Ever Learn?

Melanie Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Help Committee, For-Profit Education, Senate Help Committee, Department of Education, Steve Eisman, Higher Education, For-Profit Colleges, Steve Eisman for-Profit Colleges, Government Accountability Office, Politics News
Melanie Sloan

People looking to increase their marketability in a tough economic climate are being deceived about what an education at these schools will cost, what doors these degrees might open, and the salaries students can expect upon graduation.

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The Only Good News About Senate Finance Bill? It Won't Pass

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Senate Help Committee, Media, Senate Finance Committee, Ted Kennedy, Tom Harkin, Health Care, Politics News
Mike Lux

Here's why the Senate Finance markup that will come out next week is nowhere close to what will be in the final legislation.

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Ryan Grim

Dodd: A Good Health Care Bill More Important Than A Bipartisan One

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Senate Help Committee, Senate Health Committee, Health Care Reform, Senate Health Care Reform, Health Care Vote, Politics News

The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee approved a historic overhaul of the health care system on a party-line vote Wednesday morning...

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