Tweeting on Federal Education Policy

Today's blog entry comes from AASA's Deanna Atkins, online technologies and advocacy specialist, the newest member of the AASA advocacy team.

Policy influencers, EPFP alumni and educators tuned in to EPFP’s Twitter chat on federal education policy on Tues., Oct. 27. The conversation was led by EPFP alumni Noelle Ellerson, associate executive director, policy & advocacy, AASA, The School Superintendents Association and Mary Kingston Roche, director, public policy, Coalition of Community Schools, IE, and additional tweeters chimed in during the discussion from a variety of organizations using the hashtag, #epfpchat.

Questions were based around ESEA reauthorization, education funding and the 2016 presidential campaign season, which made for an exciting and extremely important conversation detailing what House Speaker John Boehner's departure means for ESEA reauthorization; why Education Secretary Arne Duncan's departure is less consequential when it comes to ESEA reauthorization; what the next big federal education policy topic will be after ESEA; why education issues have a limited role in the presidential debates; and more.

If you missed the Twitter chat, you can view the archived conversation here and check out highlights from the discussion below. Should you have any further questions, please contact Noelle Ellerson.

#epfpchat A3: Departure of Boehner > departure of Duncan when it comes to #ESEA reauth. One of the biggest impacts of Admin on #ESEA... 1/2

— Noelle Ellerson AASA (@Noellerson) October 28, 2015

#epfpchat A3: ..was waivers + that disrupted reauth.Boehner is key architect of NCLB, and he and Paul Ryan are both on good terms w/ Kline

— Noelle Ellerson AASA (@Noellerson) October 28, 2015

.@jlindle_c good Q.. Kinda gets to the question: what is purpose of ESEA? if we agree it's a civil rights bill, it should not fade #epfpchat

— Mary Kingston Roche (@kingston_m) October 28, 2015

#epfpchat A5: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) is a good step in the right direction. It breaks apart funding cap and rider convos

— Noelle Ellerson AASA (@Noellerson) October 28, 2015

#epfpchat A6: Educators are heroes to many. Groom the pipeline or recruit prospective educators all around u, especially students.

— Delores (@DeloresPAli) October 28, 2015