No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

Building on the Values of No Child Left Behind

Eric Smith | Posted 04.04.2012

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Eric Smith

Over the last decade, the United States has witnessed a dramatic improvement in student performance -- especially among previously underserved students at the lowest socioeconomic rungs. Those gains were in large part the result strong accountability systems.

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The Wrong Approach to Fixing No Child Left Behind

Raul González | Posted 05.04.2012

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Raul González

It is time that the ESEA were treated once again as a civil rights law focused on bringing excellent schools into every community.

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House Republicans Vote To Update No Child Left Behind

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — A House committee has passed a pair of Republican-backed bills that would update the No Child Left Behind education law by shifting...

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House GOP Push Ahead With Plan To Update No Child Left Behind

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday pushed ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more co...

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In First Round, 11 States Look To Dump No Child Left Behind

Posted 01.15.2012

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The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that 11 states have formally submitted requests for waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Be...

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Lawmakers: No Child Left Behind Rewrites Hurt Minority Students

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — Minority lawmakers say House and Senate plans to rewrite the No Child Left Behind education law fail to protect minority children, ...

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No Child Left Behind Waivers Will Likely End $650 Million Tutoring Program

AP | CHRIS WILLIAMS | Posted 12.30.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — Dozens of states intend to apply for waivers that would free their schools from a federal requirement that they set aside hundreds...

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Joy Resmovits

Education Law Passage Contingent On Outside Political Forces

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.27.2011

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Though getting a sweeping federal education bill out of a Senate committee feels momentous given Congress's heightened partisan atmosphere, Senators T...

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Hayley Miller

No Child Left Behind Revision Moves One Step Closer To Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate education committee completed a bipartisan markup revising the No Child Left Behind Act on Thursday evening. After 13 hours o...

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Hopeless to Harvard: Why Educational Stability for All Students in Federal Care Needs to Happen Now

Ryann Blackshere | Posted 12.20.2011

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Ryann Blackshere

Nearly 70 percent of foster youth want to attend college, yet only 25 percent receive a high school diploma or GED and less than 6 percent receive an Associates or Bachelors degree.

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Senators Announce Agreement On No Child Left Behind Overhaul

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Signaling some unity in the Senate on overhauling the "No Child Left Behind" law, two senators announced Monday an agreement to mov...

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Joy Resmovits

Obama To Lay Out No Child Left Behind Waiver 'Flexibility'

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.22.2011

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States that want out of specific No Child Left Behind provisions must adapt four reforms that mirror the administration's legislative priorities, Pres...

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We Aren't Serious About Improving Education

Margaret Spellings | Posted 11.17.2011

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Margaret Spellings

We cannot allow our policymakers to hear from those who would seek to protect the non-believers. They need to hear from all of you who believe our kids and their future is worth the investment.

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Republican Senators Introduce Bills To 'Fix' No Child Left Behind

Posted 11.15.2011

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Former U.S. education Secretary Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) announced Wednesday a plan to introduce new legislation...

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Joy Resmovits

Franken Says NCLB Should Measure Student Growth

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While developing his positions on education policy, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) turned to his roots: He consulted with teachers throughout...

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Joy Resmovits

Arne Duncan: Montana Could Be 'Left Behind' If Won't Comply

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.06.2011

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Montana could face a withdrawal of federal education funding if it doesn't improve compliance with No Child Left Behind, U.S. Secretary of Education A...

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Plan for Success of America's Students

Michael Wotorson | Posted 08.16.2011

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Michael Wotorson

Millions of high school students who should be acquiring the education and skills that will enable them to lead the 21st century global economy are being shortchanged by America's public school system.

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Is This Innovation? The Trouble With Education Reformers' Claims

Gregory Michie | Posted 06.04.2011

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Gregory Michie

The "new reformers" have appropriated the term "innovation" as a descriptor for policy proposals and practices they advocate, and as an antonym for almost anything else.

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Rewriting NCLB: The Promise of Neighborhoods

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Ochshorn

We need to be paying more attention, and driving greater investment, to Promise Neighborhoods, a critical initiative in the Administration's blueprint for NCLB reauthorization.

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My 2010 Wish List for NYC

Gordon Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gordon Campbell

The next ten years, I hope, will be better than the last for New Yorkers, especially those in our underserved communities. To put us on the right track I want to highlight five goals for 2010.

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Needed: People Who Quit

Susan Ohanian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Ohanian

In October, 2009, former Marine officer Matthew Hoh resigned his senior Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and ...

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Fixing No Child Left Behind: What Our Schools Really Need

Susan Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Kane

As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?

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Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education

Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Ravitch

Let me say it again: It is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. If judged solely by test scores, the only coin that the NCLB crowd understands, the law has been a dud.

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A Tale of Two Contracts

Rachel Natelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Natelson

While "tangible inducements" to minors may now be a forbidden tactic in credit card marketing, military recruiters continue to ply students with key chains, hats, and t-shirts in pursuit of their goals.

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Bush Defends No Child Left Behind: "Childrens Do Learn"

Washington Post | Peter Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The No Child Left Behind Act is working," Bush said with first lady Laura Bush, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, New York Mayor Michael R. Blo...

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