Teachers of the Year Call for Changes to NCLB Law

Washington

America’s top teachers are demanding a seat at the table when Congress deliberates the renewal of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Fifty of the nation’s 56 state teachers of the year for 2007 have come up with a list of 10 changes they would like to see in the law, which is due for reauthorization this year.

Many of the changes they are seeking—recasting the definition of a “highly qualified” teacher and using growth models that measure school progress based on the improvement each student makes over the course of the year, among them—are similar to the wish lists put out by the two national teachers’ unions...