Friday, September 23, 2011

Will We Leave NCLB Behind?

With scores of high performing schools around the country closing in on failing to meet the standards set by the federal "No Child Left Behind" law, many wonder what will become of it. The President and Secretary of Education have a plan to allow for waivers that will be conditionally granted. The question is, what will those exact conditions be? More of what was put upon states with the Race to the Top program, or something else altogether?
You can read more about it in this week's stories in the Washington Post (here) and the New York Times (here). 

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