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Opinion: Don't Close Schools, Fix Them
By not in system - AOL News(June 29) -- In a four-part series on AOL News last week, Dana Chivvis told the story of a small high school in Brooklyn that is slated to be closed for poor performance. Its graduation rates and test scores are low, yet district officials never gave the school the facilities or resources to improve. Today, federal policy requires districts to take harsh action against "failing" schools. The No Child Left Behind law, adopted in 2002, says that officials must close them; fire all or half their staff; or hand control over to the state, to private charters or to private management. Secretary of ...
Reform of 'No Child Left Behind' Calls for More Flexibility, Higher Standards
By Linda Kulman - Politics DailyIt's been something of a parlor game among educators and Washington think-tank types to speculate on what the long-overdue reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act would -- and should -- eventually look like. (Perhaps knowing that's what passes for cocktail-party chitchat is the reason that President Obama's outline for education reform was released on Saturday night.) On Monday, Obama delivered his much-anticipated wish list for revamping NCLB to Congress, to largely positive reviews. "A Blueprint for Reform," as Obama's outline is called, makes clear that one of the first things to ...
Governors, School Chiefs Offer 'Common Core' of Education Standards
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyGovernors and state school officials have drawn up a blueprint of a "common core" of standards in mathematics and English, showing what should be expected of students in grades K through 12 in public schools across the country. The set of expectations, previewed Wednesday by The Washington Post, is intended to replace a mishmash of state standards and is being proposed separately from requirements in the federal No Child Left Behind Law. If adopted, the standards would show up in textbooks, curriculum and teacher training. By way of example, the Post said fourth-graders would have to explain ...
No Child Left Behind Overhaul Effort Draws Bipartisan Support
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn a bid for bipartisanship, a small but influential group of senior U.S. House members is joining the effort to revise the No Child Left Behind Law -- the nation's federal education standard that was supposed to be rewritten last year. The landmark law, requiring more accountability from failing public schools and standardized testing, was enacted in 2002 after being pushed through Congress largely through the bipartisan efforts of the Bush White House and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. But it is due for a tune up. Teachers, administrators and parents have objected to many elements, including ...
Principals: Recess Key to Academic Success
By David Knowles - AOL News(Feb. 4) -- In schools across the country, daily recess has been shortened or eliminated altogether as districts strive to improve standardized test scores. According to a new Gallup survey of America's principals, however, that might prove to be exactly the wrong move. Eight in 10 principals polled by Gallup said recess has a positive impact on academic achievement, with more than two-thirds saying that students are more attentive following recess. Ninety-six percent of those polled said recess had a positive impact on social development. In October, Gallup interviewed 1,951 principals ...
Obama Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of 'No Child Left Behind'
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Obama administration will seek sweeping reforms to George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Act, abandoning some metrics that teachers unions, principals and other officials have complained about since the law went into effect, the New York Times reports. Obama will seek broad changes in the ways schools are judged to be succeeding, and will eliminate the law's 2014 deadline for bringing every American student to academic proficiency. The administration also wants to change the formulas that determine school financing and award a portion of the federal money based on schools' academic ...
'Barack's Name Ain't Jesus' and Other Observations By Reverend Wright
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIf you've wondered what ever became of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright--the controversial pastor who was such a fixture on American television screens before and shortly after Barack Obama walked away from Trinity United Church of Christ--wonder no more. Courtesy of FOX News, we have a Wright sighting. And, yes, we also have controversy, sort of:Speaking in a brief interview with The Associated Press before giving a speech at a civil rights landmark, Wright smiled at the mention of the name of the nation's first black president."He's like any other president," Wright said. "He's a politician and ...
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