But while polls suggest an overhaul of NCLB is overwhelmingly popular, the New America Foundation's Jennifer Cohen says 'No Child' is one more issue over which President Obama can lament partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill. “We've basically found out ...

... And ACE’s incremental approach may be the proba- ble route. As New America Foundation blogger Jennifer Cohen pointed out Aug. 9, “While it may be tempting to scrap the existing formulas and start over, the legislative process is unlikely to be so simple. ... In reality, it is more likely that Congress will tinker at the margins of the ex- isting formulas to help ensure a greater degree of equity across states and school districts.” ...

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“They're looking at everything,” says Jason Delisle, director of the Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation. “It's defense versus education versus transportation,” he told Diverse. “There's no area of the budget that's been left ...

... “When you really get down to it, more nutritious meals cost more money,” said Jennifer Cohen, a senior education policy analyst at the New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank. “And as long as we are in a situation where they are pushing for fiscal austerity in federal government, it’s unlikely that we are going to see a push for these nutritional awareness movements in school lunches.” ...

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