States Rush to Leave No Child Law Behind - featured August 10, 2011
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States are rushing for the No Child Left Behind exit door.
Within hours of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s announcement Monday that he will grant waivers from federal mandates, several states announced that they would apply for relief. Many others are expressing interest, pending the release of more details next month.
Tennessee didn’t wait for Mr. Duncan’s news conference: The state sent its waiver request two weeks ago.
The mad dash to escape high-stakes testing and gain more flexibility represents “a sense of desperation” among states, said Dan Domenech, executive director of the.
“There’s no question that school districts and the states themselves are looking for anything that will provide a break,” he told The Washington Times on Tuesday, adding that states and school leaders are taking a “we’ll do whatever it is you want us to do” attitude toward Mr. Duncan’s waiver proposal.
Mr. Duncan floated the strategy this summer in the hopes that it would spur Congress to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act.
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States are rushing for the No Child Left Behind exit door.
Within hours of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s announcement Monday that he will grant waivers from federal mandates, several states announced that they would apply for relief. Many others are expressing interest, pending the release of more details next month.
Tennessee didn’t wait for Mr. Duncan’s news conference: The state sent its waiver request two weeks ago.
The mad dash to escape high-stakes testing and gain more flexibility represents “a sense of desperation” among states, said Dan Domenech, executive director of the.
“There’s no question that school districts and the states themselves are looking for anything that will provide a break,” he told The Washington Times on Tuesday, adding that states and school leaders are taking a “we’ll do whatever it is you want us to do” attitude toward Mr. Duncan’s waiver proposal.
Mr. Duncan floated the strategy this summer in the hopes that it would spur Congress to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act.
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