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Blog Posts
Be Prepared, Obama To Double Down
...now will push Congress to close campaign-finance loopholes opened by the Citizens United case, adopt his overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education bill, and perhaps even tackle a clean-energy bill. ?He goes into these into these negotiations, and into...
Mar. 28 4:51 pm
Full Story at Riehl World View
W.H. plans strong hand with Congress
...now will push Congress to close campaign-finance loopholes opened by the Citizens United case, adopt his overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education bill, and perhaps even tackle a clean-energy bill. ?He goes into these into these negotiations, and into...
Mar. 28 2:48 pm
You get fired for passing judgement, not for issuing warnings
...by courting carefully selected constituencies with poll-tested promises: tax cuts for traditional conservatives; the No Child Left Behind law for suburban moderates; prescription drugs for anxious seniors; open immigration for Hispanics; faith-based programs...
Mar. 28 2:42 pm
Full Story at Prometheus 6 | All respect and no restraint
NYT On Goodwin Liu
...so you don't have to!" -- Slate's Mickey Kaus "a very smart blog... [if] you're trying to separate the demagogic attacks on NCLB from the serious criticism, this is the site to read" -- The New Republic's Ryan Lizza "everyone who's anyone reads Eduwonk" ...
Mar. 28 2:27 pm
The Write Stuff: Obama Needn't Federalize Higher Education; It Already Is Federalized
...America?education reform. One might argue that George W Bush already federalized public school education with his infamous No Child Left Behind legislation. Whether one believes its consequences have been positive or negative, one cannot dispute that NCLB...
Mar. 28 12:57 am
Fighting Back Against The War On Public Education
...Undermining Education. Ravitch had been a long-time advocate of conservative education "reforms," including GW Bush's "No Child Left Behind" [NCLB] Act. But in 2006, she came to realize that none of the promised gains were materializing, and that NCLB's provisions...
Mar. 28 12:51 am
Stakes high as testing begins
...instituted on Fridays. The assessment measures whether public schools are making adequate progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law, and failure to reach goals can result in sanctions and stigma for the school, as well as increased costs for the...
Mar. 28 12:40 am
Full Story at The Honolulu Advertiser
Turning around ? ?Rather than quit or fail, we keep trying'
...of learning they taught me. Farmington Schools, especially Farmington Central High School teachers, truly believe in the No Child Left Behind policy. They don't just pass a student to the next grade and say they weren't left behind. They make sure each student...
Mar. 28 11:24 am
Full Story at HometownLife.com
Toward a reading culture
... Article published March 28, 2010 EIGHT years and billions of dollars after No Child Left Behind was enacted to improve the math and reading scores of U.S. students, almost no gains have been made. A new direction is called for. A new report from the National...
Mar. 28 10:59 am
Editorial: Cheer Vt. test scores, keep pursuing better
...test score for Vermont fourth- and eighth-graders are among the best in the nation. One of the positive outcomes of the No Child Left Behind testing program is a national focus on how students in public schools are doing in the basics like reading and math. The...
Mar. 28 10:12 am
Full Story at Burlington Free Press