K-12 Funding, Policy on Radar for New Congress

This from Politics K-12:

President Obama has a long list of K-12 items on the policy agenda for his next two years in office, but it remains to be seen how his priorities will jibe with those of the new, more conservative Congress that took office last week with many members intent on shrinking the federal government and squeezing spending.

Although renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—whose current version is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002—is being touted as one area of potential common ground, the task is politically tricky for reasons that go beyond partisan divisions: There are deep disagreements within both parties over the best direction to take K-12 policy...

Mr. Obama’s push for a one-year extension of that program and of the Investing in Innovation program, also a stimulus initiative, could face tough sledding in a Congress...