Congress is the closest it has been in seven years to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind. The House and Senate both passed legislation this summer to reauthorize ESEA, and a bipartisan group of representatives and senators has already begun negotiations to resolve the major differences between the two bills. AFSA, […]

AFSA, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) released a joint statement applauding the Senate for the passage of the ESEA bill.

AFSA signed onto a joint letter with the National Coalition for Public Education and several other organizations opposing Portability and Vouchers in S. 1177, the Every Child Act. The letter was sent to the Senate in preparation for ESEA hitting the floor next Tuesday, July 7.   The letter begins with:   “Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations write to express […]

AFSA encourages you to participate in FairTest’s National Day of Action today, April 8, by contacting your U.S Senators and joining the Twitter storm. Together we can urge the Senate Education Committee to reduce testing requirement as it debates renewal of Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind. Please take a few minutes to tell your Senator you want […]

In order to raise awareness of the need for more professional development for principals and assistant principals, AFSA, together with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), has launched the #PD4Principals campaign.

Principals’ Groups Applaud Introduction of Bill to Support School Leadership, Urge Congress to Include Key Provisions in ESEA Reauthorization Bill seeks to improve current federal programs to better support aspiring and in-service principals through one-year residency, mentoring, and other professional development Contact: Bob Farrace, NASSP, farraceb@nassp.org Kelly Pollitt, NAESP, kpollitt@naesp.org Susan Merida, AFSA, susan@tricompr.com February 19, 2015; Alexandria, VA, Reston, VA, and Washington, […]

Senator Lamar Alexander’s discussion draft to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) does not go nearly far enough in recognizing the role principals play in schools serving children from pre-kindergarten to grade 12, and providing them with the support they need to be successful.   In response AFSA, along with National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and National […]

On Tuesday, January 27th, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held it’s second full committee hearing on NCLB, “Fixing No Child Left Behind: Supporting Teachers and School Leaders.” The hearing focused on teachers and school leaders, and AFSA was pleased there was much discussion on: how to recruit, train, and retain high-quality school leaders; and how to […]

On Tuesday, January 26, AFSA, along with several other national education organizations, sent out a letter to members of the Senate HELP Commitee voicing their opinion on why are strongly opposed to a provision included in Senator Alexander’s discussion draft to reauthorize ESEA that would dismantle the Title I formula. The issue, providing states the option of making Title I […]