The United States Senate and House of Representatives has just introduced the A-PLUS (Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success) bill to improve student achievement, March 15, 2007.
Unique to education reform, this bill, if passed would NOT mandate WHAT but HOW to bring about improvements. A-PLUS would give more decision-making power to parents and teachers at the local level. The introducer of the bill, Senator Cornyn from Texas said,
We must move education decision-making out of Washington closer to where it belongs—with parents and teachers. States should be given the flexibility to design educational programs that fit the local needs of individual districts, parents and children. This bill will reduce the bureaucratic red tape that often stands in the way of results, accountability and superior schools.â€
For more information, please see:
Cornyn, March 15, and Cornyn Discusses Plan for Education Reform.