ED considering district-by-district NCLB waivers
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is talking with individual school districts about how to free them from unworkable parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law, signaling he…
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NCLB waivers weaken accountability, study says
Many states granted waivers from the No Child Left Behind law are relaxing or ignoring federal regulations designed to hold schools accountable for the number of students who…
Duncan to Senate panel: No more invisible children under No Child Left Behind waivers
Under the Obama administration’s education policies, thousands of elementary and secondary schools are being held accountable for the academic performance of students who had been “invisible” under No…
No Child Left Behind waivers going to Wash., Wis.
The U.S. Department of Education is announcing that Washington and Wisconsin have won their bid to be relieved of some requirements of the federal "No Child Left Behind"…
5 more states granted NCLB waivers
Five more states have been granted relief from key requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, bringing the total to 24 states given waivers, an Obama…
Official: 10 states get NCLB waivers
President Barack Obama on Feb. 9 will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that…
ED: States applying for NCLB waivers should do more to reach students
In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough…
11 states seek relief from NCLB
The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 11 states have formally submitted requests for waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind, the Huffington Post reports.
Costs of No Child Left Behind waivers “jaw dropping”
An ambivalent State Board of Education discussed but took no action Wednesday on pursuing a temporary waiver from strictures of the No Child Left Behind law, TopEd.org reports.
Feds to spare schools from harsh penalties in exchange for reforms
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