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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: federal.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
Texas GOP Says 'Get Rid of NCLB'
What do the NEA, the AFT, and the Texas Republican Party have in common?
Education
Teacher-Pay Debate Looks to Be Part of NCLB's Future
Proposals to change the way teachers are compensated brought down last year's attempt to reauthorize NCLB. Whoever is president next year will try again.
Education
Obama Sounds As If He Wants to 'Get NCLB Right'
On Saturday, a teacher asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a softball question: "What would you do to correct President Bush's 'every child left behind' policy?" The audience cheered.
Education
AFT on NCLB: From Tepid Support to Red-Hot Rhetoric
It sounds as if the AFT has gone from "Let's Get It Right" to "Let's Get Rid of It."
Education
Mr. Simmons Comes to Washington
If you've ever wanted to meet Richard Simmons (or would like the chance to make a second first impression), be at the House Education and Labor Committee's hearing room on July 24.
Education
Is Spellings Stretching Waiver Authority Too Far?
The pilot projects for growth models and differentiated accountability have gotten a lot of notice since Margaret Spellings became secretary in 2005. But Spellings also has been granting waivers regarding public school choice and supplemental educational services. She has given several districts permission to reverse the timetable for implementing those changes, allowing them to offer the SES one year before choice. Last month, she said she'd consider applications from all states.
Education
Obama Leans Toward NEA's Stance on Funding
Sen Barack Obama wasn't shy about taking on the National Education Association in his speech on Saturday. As in 2007, he endorsed performance pay to reward teachers who "consistently excel in the classroom." A few of the 10,000 NEA members booed, but most were silent, Vaishali Honawar reports in her blog on the convention.
Reading & Literacy
Spellings: Could 'Reading First' Make Her a Millionaire?
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings loves Reading First. She says educators do, too. Here's what she told Greg Toppo of USA Today: "If I had a nickel for every person who said, 'Thank God for Reading First,' I'd be a millionaire."
Education
NEA: Show Us the Money
MM has assigned me the task of making sense of the National Education Association's new "Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020." I read two pieces of NEA's six-point plan, and I saw dollar signs jumping off the page.
Education
Peer Reviewers Return 'Differentiated' Plans for Rewrite
Why did only six states win approval to participate in the "differentiated accountability" pilot project? After all, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings said she would let up to 10 states into the program.
Education
Spellings Picks Six States for Differentiated Accountability
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced that six states won her approval to participate in the differentiated accountability pilot project. The lucky states are Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Ohio. Here's the department's press release.
Education
Rules Are Too Much, Too Late, State Officials Say
Reauthorize, don't re-regulate.
That's the message state education officials sent the Department of Education in reaction to the rules Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings unveiled as her alternative to NCLB reauthorization two months ago.
That's the message state education officials sent the Department of Education in reaction to the rules Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings unveiled as her alternative to NCLB reauthorization two months ago.
Education
English Tell High Schools: Improve or Close
If you think NCLB is harsh, take a look at new English policies.
Education
Teacher Praises Blogs for Role in Policy Debate
Oklahoma City teacher John Thompson took over the Core Knowledge blog yesterday. Thompson, a serial commenter here and elsewhere, has this to say about NCLB: