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The following is a statement by Members of the America Forward Coalition on the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act:

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Bipartisan bill reauthorizes Elementary and Secondary Education Act, improving K-12 Education

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The following post was written by Lexi Barrett, America Forward's Policy Director.

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This post was written by Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs for America Forward.

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Here are five social innovation links we are clicking on today:

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Just one year ago, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law. This transformative and innovative piece of legislation made significant changes to our federal workforce and job training programs. As America Forward noted at the time of its passage, WIOA was the first major update to the workforce development system since 1998. America Forward was directly involved in developing, advocating for, and ensuring its ultimate passage. Below we recap our '10 Greatest Hits of WIOA’ and share the steps that have been taken since passage of the Law on its first anniversary.

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“Members of the America Forward Coalition applaud the United States Senate for passing the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) today.

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Here are five social innovation links we are clicking on today:

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“Members of the America Forward Coalition commend the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the passage of S. 991, the bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act of 2015 yesterday, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, by voice vote.

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