Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 23. May 2013 09:18
In a May 20, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the approval of three additional requests for waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Waivers were granted to Alaska, Hawaii, and West Virginia in exchange for the states’ respective education reform plans to prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the students with the greatest needs, and support effective teaching and leadership. A total of 37 states and the District of Columbia now have NCLB waivers; waiver requests from eight more states, Puerto Rico, the Bureau of Indian Education, and a coalition of California school districts are pending. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 8. March 2013 05:04
As of March 2013, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has granted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waivers to 34 states and the District of Columbia. In exchange for the waiver, each recipient had to agree to, among other things, develop and implement a teacher and principal evaluation and support system that includes student academic growth as a factor. In a March 6 article, Education Week reported that of the 35 waiver recipients, only 12 have obtained ED’s approval of their teacher and principal evaluation systems. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 19. October 2012 05:29
In an October 17, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the approval of Idaho’s request for a waiver of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements. The approval brings the total number of waivers to 35; 12 additional requests are pending. The NCLB waivers allow the recipients to avoid several NCLB provisions, including the requirement that all students must be proficient in reading and math by 2014. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 19. July 2012 10:28
In a July 19, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the approval of seven more requests for waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. The seven new approvals were for Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 31. May 2012 09:05
In a May 29, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced its approval of No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) waivers for eight additional states: Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island. ED previously granted NCLB waivers for 11 states; 18 additional waiver applications are still under review. The approved states must agree to “prepare all students for college and career, focus aid on the neediest students, and support effective teaching and leadership.”
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Tags: USDE, NCLB, Waivers, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island
Categories:Education
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 18. May 2012 08:44
A May 2012 report by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) concludes that, despite challenges, states, school districts, and schools are making progress in identifying and addressing the educational needs and tracking the academic achievement of English learner (EL) students. Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, funds EL programs and holds school districts accountable for the progress of EL students in acquiring English language proficiency (ELP) and achieving established state academic standards. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 1. March 2012 14:57
In a February 29, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that 26 additional states and the District of Columbia have submitted requests for waivers from burdensome mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The states are Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. February 2012 10:09
On February 6, 2012 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a draft report, based on a study by the American Institute for Research, that is intended to help state education officials establish new English language proficiency (ELP) and academic achievement standards for students whose primary language is other than English, called English-language learners (ELL). The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act amended Title III of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and required districts and states to, among other things, implement new accountability systems that define criteria for student progress in learning English, establish performance standards for English proficiency, and set annually increasing performance targets for the number and the percentage of ELLs meeting the criteria. According to the report’s Executive Summary, it is well documented that the law’s “requirements exceeded the technical capacity of many states and districts to comply with it.” [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. February 2012 10:04
In a February 9, 2012 press release, the President Obama Administration announced that 10 states will receive flexibility (waivers) from various mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), including the mandate that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014 based on annual test scores. States and schools that fail to meet NCLB’s mandates are subject to penalties ranging from providing students with supplemental educational services to closing the lowest-performing schools. [More]
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Categories:Education
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 13. January 2012 07:57
January 8, 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of former President George W. Bush’s signing of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and many political observers are skeptical that its reauthorization, more than four years overdue, will occur before the end of this final year of the 112th Congress. Although most policy makers agree that the well-intentioned NCLB is seriously flawed and needs to be “fixed” immediately, wide policy divides between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democrat-controlled Senate have made a consolidated bi-partisan legislative solution seemingly impossible. [More]
