Lawmakers at odds over NCLB’s successor
The one-size-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation introduced by senators of both parties last…
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Report: ESEA reauthorization could be trouble for waiver states
A new report surveying states that have applied for and received NCLB waivers finds they are worried that reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) could hinder…
GOP Senator: ‘No Child Left Behind’ waivers are illegal
Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio wrote to Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday, criticizing an Obama administration plan to grant No Child Left Behind waivers to…
States apply for waivers to skirt rules as reform stalls
Despite a rise in test scores, 84 percent of Missouri's schools failed to make "adequate yearly progress," according to a report released by the state Thursday, the Huffington…