NCLB: Act II
NCLB: Act II covered federal developments affecting education. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: federal.
Education
NCLB Stuck in Middle of Funding Fight
While the NCLB reauthorization debate is almost exclusively behind closed doors right now, the fight over its funding is out in the public.
Education
NYC Merit Pay: Will It Change NCLB Debate?
Lots of talk in the education blogosphere about New York City's merit-pay deal. (See here, here, and here.) The Swift & Change Able Charles Barone suggests that this announcement could be a turning point on the NCLB debate over teacher pay.
Education
Senate Distributes Partial Draft
Senate aides last night circulated a discussion draft of sections of NCLB. The draft addresses issues that aren't controversial, avoiding topics such accountability and teacher pay. Both Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo., the panel's senior Republican, endorsed the draft.
Education
Black Caucus Members Defend House Draft
In response to one member's "strong concerns" about the House's NCLB draft, two members of the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday said that they like much of the proposal. They add that the caucus—known by its acronym, CBC—hasn't taken a position on the bill.
Education
Education Week Roundup, Oct. 17
With congressional leaders and staff working behind the scenes to hammer out differences on NCLB, the current issue of Education Week looks at some little-noticed issues in the debate over law's future.
Education
In Trying to Fix Problems, House Draft Creates New Ones
The panelists at the American Enterprise Institute today touched on accountability, national standards, and the universal proficiency goal. All of that was to be expected; the panelists were discussing on a new book addressing those issues.
Education
Bush Is Willing to Veto Bill 'To Weaken' NCLB
President Bush today said that he would veto a version of NCLB that he doesn't like. It's the first time he's used the threat.
Education
Checker & Rick: Change NCLB's Goals
Chester E. Finn Jr. and Frederick M. Hess (aka Checker and Rick) keep saying that NCLB, as as its currently constructed, won't result in better schools. Their first point is always that the goal of universal proficiency needs to change.
Education
Black Caucus Member Expresses "Strong Concerns"
Yesterday, Republicans signaled through this news story that they don't like the House draft. Today, I found a Democrat who has his own complaints.
Education
Roll Call Says Compromise Elusive in House
You'll need a subscription to read this Roll Call story, but the headline tells the tale: Talks Stall on No Child Left Behind.
Education
Bush Puts NCLB in Spotlight Again
Thanks to Alyson Klein for blogging about yesterday's NCLB meeting at the White House. Some of you know that I have a weekly appointment with a bunch of 5th grade boys on a soccer field on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. That made it hard to blog yesterday afternoon.
Education
Education Week Roundup, Oct. 10
If you want to see how NCLB dominates the K-12 landscape, look at the front page of this week's issue of Education Week. Three of the four stories on the front page are directly related to the law. The other one mentions NCLB in the fourth paragraph.
Education
Bush to Congress: Don't Water Down Standards
President Bush and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings met Tuesday with civil rights leaders at the White House to “strategize” on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. In remarks to reporters after the meeting, Bush said that recent results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress demonstrate that the law is helping to close the achievement gap between low-income, minority students and their more advantaged peers.
Education
Educators Hijack Chat With National Standards Questions
Two prominent think tankers agreed to discuss their new book on turning around low-performing schools under NCLB in this edweek.org chat.