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10 States Win Waivers from No Child Left Behind Law
TODAY'S TAKE: The waivers allow these states to skip some of the law's requirements by implementing their own plans to improve their schools. more
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More Schools Fail to Meet NCLB Requirements
EDUCATION BEAT: With 39 states planning to apply for waivers from some of the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, a report finds that 48 percent of schools across the country likely did not meet the law's requirements in 2011 for yearly progress at student proficiency in math and reading.more -
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No Child Left Behind Waivers Require Big Changes Fast
Many states seeking a waiver from the 10-year-old education law will be required to overhaul their education policies over the next few months in order to meet federal application requirements.more -
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Several States Quick to Opt for No Child waivers
TODAY'S TAKE: Connecticut, Oregon, New Mexico and Wisconsin immediately said they would seek waivers from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, an option announced by the president on Friday (September 23).more -
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Obama Unveils No Child Left Behind Waiver System
TODAY'S TAKE: The president laid out educational reforms states will be required to adopt in order to qualify for exemptions from some of the requirements of the nearly ten-year-old federal education law.more -
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States Seek Waivers From No Child Left Behind law
EDUCATION BEAT: The No Child Left Behind law has given some state school systems targets they know they can't meet. They are asking the federal government to relax the rules.more -
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More States Drop Out of 'Race'
TODAY'S TAKE: Alaska and Texas raised eyebrows last year when they declined to join the "Race to the Top," the Obama administration's effort to revamp the nation's K-12 schools by handing out $4.35 billion in grants to states that change their education policies. But with 40 jurisdictions applying and only two winners announced in the first round of the competition, more states are deciding not to participate in round two.more -
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States Relieved by School Plan
One state at a time, the push for common school graduation standards has been gaining traction. In just five years, the number of states with such standards for college and career-readiness has increased from three to 31. But behind the progress there has consistently been a looming concern: Would the federal government move in and supersede the gains that states have been making?That concern grew into genuine alarm a few weeks ago when the Obama administration announced that a new set of federal graduation requirements would be forthcoming. State education officials worried out loud that this might mean an attempt to hand down standards from Washington to every school in the country.more -
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Walking to a 'green' school: Impossible new-century dream?
Little Johnny and Jane are back in school - but are we doing our best for him or her? Put aside, for a moment, "No Child Left Behind" teaching issues. Ask instead: How are the kids getting to school? And when they get there, are their school buildings satisfactorily "green" and healthy?more -
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Congress Tackles States' Agenda
As the domestic agenda takes center stage in Congress, states are sending lawmakers a simple message: more money and less federal interference.more -
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Study Finds Dramatic Math, Reading Gains
A new report finds that most states have seen dramatic improvements in math and reading test results since passage of the No Child Left Behind Act five years ago, but it's too early to tell whether the gains can be tied directly to the law.more -
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A Detroit charter school's amazing '90-90' pledge -- and success
In 1999 Doug Ross and his colleagues made an outrageous "90-90" promise. In 2007, they would graduate at least 90 percent of ninth graders going through their brand new University Preparatory Academy, an inner-city charter school. And, 90 percent would go on to post-secondary education.more -
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Govs Call for More Control Over NCLB
The nation's governors support renewing the oft-criticized No Child Left Behind federal law, but want far more authority to carry out its mandates, according to a set of recommendations the National Governors Association sent to Congress.more -
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No Child Law Faces Medley of Changes
President Bush's signature domestic-policy achievement, the No Child Left Behind education act, faces calls for change from disparate groups as Congress begins reworking the 5-year-old law.more -
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Health Care, REAL ID Top Govs' Priorities
The nation's governors staked out children's health care and the National Guard as top concerns for a Democratic-controlled Congress that is preoccupied with the war in Iraq, a daunting federal deficit and the problem of uninsured Americans. In their first gathering since Democrats took control of Congress last November, governors made it clear that they want to play a major role on issues that the White House and Capitol Hill will tackle in the coming year, including a popular children's health program.more -
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Govs, Bush Vow Closer Health-Care Efforts
The Bush administration pledged to help states in danger of running out of money for a popular children's health program and agreed to work with a newly created task force of governors on ideas for overall health-care reform. Iraq, education, energy and immigration also were among the issues that President Bush and his Cabinet discussed Monday (Feb. 26) with the nation's governors.more -
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Govs Press for Action on Child Health Care
Governors are expected to urge President Bush today to work with Congress to quickly provide $765 million to prevent at least 14 states from running out of money for a popular children's health program. Health care, Iraq, and the federal No Child Left Behind education law are expected to be top issues when governors meet this morning with the president and several Cabinet members as part of the National Governors Association's winter meeting.more -
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Health Care to Top Govs' Meeting in D.C.
Health care is expected to dominate discussions when the nation's governors converge in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the National Governors Association winter meeting. Also high on the governors' agendas: use of the National Guard in Iraq, the federal No Child Left Behind education law and a sweeping new mandate to revamp drivers' licenses.more -
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States Hope for Better Deal in New Congress
(Updated 3:45 p.m. EST, Tuesday)When the 110th Congress convenes in January, there will be a new Democratic majority negotiating with a Republican president and, state leaders hope, a new relationship between the federal government and the nation's 50 statehouses.more -
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States Spar Over School Funds, Reforms
As a state-led revolt against federal education standards intensified, the nation's state legislatures this year passed laws making high school harder, students' diets healthier and school funding schemes fairer. more