At the heart of the debate over renewing No Child Left Behind, the nation’s education reform act which is overdue for reauthorization, is the question: what is the role of the federal government in K-12 education? Though the law was initiated and signed by a Republican president, presidential candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, who once supported it, now talk about getting the federal government out of education. Democratic reformers, meanwhile, insist that the federal government has a role in telling states how to identify, punish and fix low-performing schools — despite little evidence that Washington has been good at any of these tasks.  Over the last decade, AEI Education has been exploring these concerns.

The No Child Left Behind act should be pushed towards the tight-loose formulation that gave birth to the education accountability movement and has revolutionized modern management.

Join us to hear U.S. Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, discuss the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act prior to their introduction in the U.S. House.

Where Obama went wrong on education – and what Romney needs to say

The American Action Forum and American Enterprise Institute invite you to participate in a conversation on accountability as it relates to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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A coherent vision for federal education policy starts not by micromanaging schools, but by focusing on the four functions Washington alone can perform.

A brief analysis of current public opinion on the No Child Left Behind Act, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, and more.