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National education standards not a federal takeover of public schools

...support public schools. But here's a competing concern. The states now show great disparity in student achievement. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, which relies on state tests to measure student learning, exposed the differences. Some states have actually...

Mar. 31   4:12 pm

Full Story at Christian Science Monitor

Monterey County schools Superintendent Nancy Kotowski gets veto power over Alisal district

...Union and Alisal Union. The decision came after the districts chronically failed to meet academic standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act. The state board also found that problems "managing adult relationships" were ruining the districts' ability to...

Mar. 31   12:32 am

Full Story at The Californian

What Went Down in Georgia

...public schools Superintendent Thomas Lockamy met with Beach High employees Thursday to inform them the state is raising its No Child Left Behind Act benchmarks this year and won't give them any more time to catch up. Sure, the superintendent acknowledge that Dr....

Mar. 31   11:47 am

Full Story at Education Week

What's next on Obama's domestic agenda?

...the administration goes next. Immigration reform champions argue it's their turn. Advocates of dramatic revisions to the No Child Left Behind education law insist their time has come. So do clean-energy activists and supporters of tougher Wall Street regulation....

Mar. 31   11:39 am

Full Story at McClatchy

GOP plumbs the sewer in healthcare debate

...In his eight White House years, George W. Bush ran up record deficits, committed the greatest intrusion into local schools (No Child Left Behind) since Jimmy Carter established the Department of Education, and created the largest, most expensive entitlement...

Mar. 31   8:51 am

Full Story at Charleston City Paper

Instruction director to leave city schools

...reading teacher, kindergarten teacher and second-grade teacher. Currently, City Schools is one of three school systems in the state on the high priority list for not meeting No Child Left Behind benchmarks. The district is in improving status....

Mar. 31   8:49 am

Full Story at Daily News Journal

Lost race

...Tennessee and Delaware, states with congressmen key to Education Secretary Arne Duncan's hopes of passing changes to the No Child Left Behind law. Coincidence? Probably. Those inclined toward conspiracy will also notice the names of key political states in...

Mar. 31   7:23 am

Full Story at Tulsa World

No Child Left Behind law under review

...needs to be made over time, not on a single high-stakes testing situation," he said. The biggest criticism of No Child Left Behind has been that it applies the same fix to all schools: A school where the special education population can't meet the bar of proficiency...

Mar. 31   6:23 am

Full Story at The Courier-Journal

Progress report cites MPS' resistance to state's improvement efforts

...larger corrective action plan - stemming from the district failing to meet state academic targets under the federal No Child Left Behind law - and that these specific special education orders are included as part of that larger plan. "If MPS wasn't resistant...

Mar. 31   5:07 am

Full Story at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Don?t sacrifice fine arts to MCAS

...pulled from fine arts classes for more MCAS test preparation. I realize Herberg is "in status" under the dictates of the No Child Left Behind law and everyone is afraid of the consequences if it does not raise MCAS scores, but cutting into arts instruction...

Mar. 31   3:42 am

Full Story at Berkshire Eagle Online

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