Sandy Kress responded to The NCLB Saga Continues on October 26, 2011 11:23 AM
Broken Vow I have vowed not to spend our good readers’ time any longer in the tired old song of responding to Monty Neill. But I must break that vow at least once more. Once again: there was a huge...
View ArticleWhat Congress Could Learn About No Child Left Behind from Your Classroom
From NCLB to merit pay, educators are advocating for better federal laws.
View ArticleESEA/NCLB Update #118
NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen joined thousands of educators at the Save our Schools (SOS) Rally in the nation’s capital on July 30, 2011…
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California joined a growing list of states asking for relief from NCLB’s system of labeling and punishing schools…
View ArticleESEA/NCLB Update #121
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel strongly lauded President Obama’s American Jobs Act, which includes funds to repair schools and to prevent teacher layoffs as well as to hire additional educators…
View ArticleESEA/NCLB Update #122
President Obama announces plan to give states short-term relief from NCLB…
View ArticleEleven States Apply for NCLB Waivers
Eleven states will have relief from the bill’s most onerous requirements. read more
View ArticleSandy Kress responded to The Role of Common Core on November 21, 2011 10:34 AM
A False Dichotomy There is no either-or in considering both NCLB and the Common Core standards. Let’s explore why setting high standards and insisting on accountability for results, especially for...
View ArticleChester E. Finn, Jr. responded to The Role of Common Core on November 22,...
Moving to the States NCLB-as-we-know-it has few defenders nowadays–Fawn spoke with two of the most prominent–not least because the center of education-reform gravity has swiftly moved from Washington...
View ArticleThe Role of Common Core
I had the pleasure of sitting down recently with former education secretary Margaret Spellings and separately with Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.–two of the pillars of No Child Left Behind. I asked each...
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