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Blog Posts
What Republicans believe
...should be "paid based on performance." The federal Education Department should be eliminated. The No Child Left Behind law should be eliminated or Minnesota should opt out of it. (Yes, that was President George W. Bush's big education accomplishment.) The...
Apr. 30 4:34 pm
SINA schools work on improvement
...but our progress is better than the district (average). Ehly said she was hopeful that Congress would make changes to the No Child Left Behind Act during its session this year. In March, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan introduced the Obama Administrations...
Apr. 30 4:08 pm
Full Story at Iowa City Press Citizen
The Worst of the West
...that ?any one person could be completely ?self-made??? Certainly not Europe?s favorite Beelzebub, George W. Bush, who pushed No Child Left Behind and a prescription drug program for the elderly. What is the land-grant university of the 19th century, what is...
Apr. 30 3:37 pm
Full Story at The New York Times
In Your Ideal Society Who Gets The Most Status, An Educator Or An Athlete?-- Guest Post From Fred Johnson, Michigan Congressional Candidate
...alarm and frustration the mounting struggles in the nation?s classrooms. Unfunded mandates like the Bush administration?s No Child Left Behind wreaked havoc upon public schools. This program, another one in a series of ?silver bullet? quick fixes, continued...
Apr. 30 1:55 pm
Full Story at Down With Tyranny!
Ariz. Shifts Less-Fluent Teachers From Classes With ELLs
...notes that Arizona education officials are basing their enforcement of fluency standards on their interpretation of the No Child Left Behind Act. They say the federal law requires that English-language learners be instructed by teachers who are fluent in the...
Apr. 30 1:40 pm
Victory for Jasper Place Tenants!!
...policy is on the brink of change. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known in its current form as ?No Child Left Behind? (NCLB) is overdue for reauthorization. In response, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently released his Blueprint...
Apr. 30 11:52 am
Arizona Department of Education Hates Accents [Linguistics]
...in Spanish switched to English. Arizona's enforcement of fluency standards is based on an interpretation of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. That law states that for a school to receive federal funds, students learning English must be instructed by teachers...
Apr. 30 10:26 am
Tax increase on Groveland ballot in Monday's election
...so he can build a better relationship between school and town leaders. Noting the district was "barely compliant" with the No Child Left Behind law, D'Amore said he wants to improve that picture. While D'Amore backed extending Livingston's contract, both he...
Apr. 30 8:07 am
Full Story at NewburyportNews.com
Head Start relocations to benefit LISD, students
...accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency for the 2010-11 school year or are identified by the federal No Child Left Behind program as being persistently low-performing. For the current year, this would have applied to Alderson and Dunbar middle...
Apr. 30 5:53 am
Full Story at Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Groveland voters go to polls Monday
...so he can build a better relationship between school and town leaders. Noting the district was "barely compliant" with the No Child Left Behind law, D'Amore said he wants to improve that picture. While D'Amore backed extending Livingston's contract, both...
Apr. 30 5:38 am
Full Story at The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA