Thursday, February 9, 2012

No child left behind

  • President Barack Obama is freeing 10 states from tough testing regulations required by the much-maligned No Child Left Behind act, his administration announced Thursday.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Tennessee schools will no longer be penalized for failing to meet benchmarks under the federal No Child Left Behind Law.
  • (Nashville Tennessean)
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  • (YAHOO!)
  • WASHINGTON — President Obama freed 10 states from provisions of the No Child Left Behind education-testing law after they proposed alternative ways to hold schools accountable for student achievement.
  • (Seattle Times)
  • Indiana was one of 10 states granted a waiver Thursday from federal No Child Left Behind rules after it promised to set higher standards and create new ways to measure what students are learning.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Florida has been granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, which will free the state from complicated school-accountability rules and allow it to use its school grading system as the sole judge of public education.
  • (Sun Sentinel)
  • Georgia was one of 10 states granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, President Obama announced Thursday. State School Superintendent John Barge joined his counterparts from the other nine states at the White House for the announcement.
  • (Augusta Chronicle)

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