Big Business Going to Bat for NCLB: Competitiveness Is Cited as Reason to Retain Law

Autor/in	Hoff, David J.
Titel	Big Business Going to Bat for NCLB: Competitiveness Is Cited as Reason to Retain Law
Quelle	In: Education Week, 26 (2006) 8, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Federal Legislation; Business; School Business Relationship; Lobbying; Politics of Education; Economic Factors; Educational Improvement; Science Education; Mathematics Education; Second Languages; Global Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Competition; Accountability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ökonomischer Faktor; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Mathematische Bildung; Second language; Zweitsprache; Globales Lernen; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Wettkampf; Verantwortung
Abstract	Large companies and major business groups are known for hiring well-heeled lobbyists to push for their interests, especially in such areas as tax and spending laws. Their federal lobbying presence on education issues has been relatively modest. The author discusses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable--two prominent Washington-based groups representing business owners and chief executives of large corporations, respectively and other business organizations' interests in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). They are pushing for changes in other areas of pre-K-12 education, such as improving mathematics and science education, expanding instruction in foreign languages and international issues, and offering preschool to all families that want it. Competitiveness is cited as reason to retain NCLB. The author discusses the U.S. Business community's education agenda--one that extends from preschool to college. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10