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Sunday, January 22, 2012

NCLB
With Waivers, National Standards Anything but Voluntary
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/09/26/with-waivers-national-standards-anything-but-voluntary/

NCLB waivers: The devil is in the details - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/nclb-waivers-the-devil-is-in-the-details/2012/01/20/gIQA2XP2DQ_blog.html

Research Center: Adequate Yearly Progress

http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/adequate-yearly-progress/

Most schools could face 'failing' label under No Child Left Behind, Duncan says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030903089.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Was Arne Duncan right on AYP? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/was-arne-duncan-right-on-ayp/2011/03/31/AFX3TXBC_blog.html

Obama administrations NCLB waivers and strong-arm tactics - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/obama-administrations-nclb -waivers-and-strong-arm-tactics/2011/08/08/gIQAz31z2I_blog.html

Oklahoma seeks waiver of federal education reforms | NewsOK.com

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-seeks-waiver-of-federal-education-reforms/article/3640700

Fixing No Child Left Behind: Two views - USATODAY.com

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-06-06-schools -opinions_N.htm

President Obama Rewrites the No Child Left Behind Act - Up Front Blog - Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0808_obama_education_whitehurst.aspx

National Journal Online -- Education Experts -- The NCLB Saga Continues

http://education.nationaljournal.com/2011/10/the -nclb -saga-continues.php

Obama Waives Congress Away

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/09/27/obama-waives-congress-away/

Everyone Hates NCLB | Mother Jones

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/04/everyone-hates-nclb

Five Thoughts About NCLB on its Tenth Anniversary : Education Next

http://educationnext.org/five-thoughts-about-nclb -on-its-tenth-anniversary/

One Teachers Cry: Why I Hate No Child Left Behind | The Progressive
http://www.progressive.org/mag/hobart0808.html

President Obama Calls for New Steps to Prepare Americas Children for Success in College and Careers | The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-calls -new-steps-prepare-america-s-children-success -college-and-care

Shock Treatment: Scores Jumped, Then Stalled, After NCLB - State EdWatch - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2011/12/shock_treatment_scores_improved_after_nclb_report_says.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

Report: Half of Schools Don't Meet Federal Achievement Standards; Duncan Blames 'No Child Left Behind' | CNSnews.com
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/report-half-schools -dont-meet-federal-achievement-standards-duncan-blames-no-child-left

Education Week: Early Achievers Losing Ground, Study Finds

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/20/05gifted.h31.html?tkn=ZNOF33vc5%2FKbrWgVwCUs6IRyJiSJaAXNFQ7k&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS2

Consultants eat up Pittsburgh schools' gift - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_769818.html

Education Week: NCLB Waiver Plans Offer Hodgepodge of Grading Systems

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/02/13waivers_ep.h31.html?tkn=QZRFXZ7YYBsf0inQ%2BiXSGSL9lubmM2IMcrXm&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Flexibility means a lack of commonality, said Jack Jennings, the president of the Washington -based Center on Education Policy, which has tracked implementation of the NCLB law since its passage in 2001. He said as states shift to common standards and common tests, those worries will be eased; nearly all states have signed on to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. But until those standards and tests go into effect, he said, it will be very difficult to tell across states whats happening. absolutely SO IMPORTANT! This is the reason Duncan is saying states HAVE to have Common Core to get a waiver! You can't have COMMONALITY under the law without the COMMONALITY brought by federal intervention in standards!

Education Week: Federal Tutoring Program Is Deeply Flawed

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/14/14jacobson.h31.html?tkn=NQTFvYKwMK8Zww9ZdWRLQjnwN3dyAF1oiYMU&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS2

Education Week: States Promise Higher Standards for NCLB Leniency

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/14/14waive-standards.h31.html?tkn=ZVNFmlorE6LtneYUdaWIXFgU9jlMyaePAcNd&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS1

Advocates, Policymakers Give Mixed Early Reviews to ESEA Draft - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2012/01/advocates_policymakers_give_mi.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/14/14jacobson.h31.html?tkn=NQTFvYKwMK8Zww9ZdWRLQjnwN3dyAF1oiYMU&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS2

Education Week: States Promise Higher Standards for NCLB Leniency

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/14/14waive-standards.h31.html?tkn=ZVNFmlorE6LtneYUdaWIXFgU9jlMyaePAcNd&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS1

Advocates, Policymakers Give Mixed Early Reviews to ESEA Draft - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2012/01/advocates_policymakers_give_mi.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

Duncan's 82% NCLB Failure Prediction Way Off Base, New Data Show - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/12/duncans_82_nclb_failure_predic.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

Education Week: House ESEA Draft Would Loosen Strings on K-12 Aid
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/01/20/18esea.h31.html?cmp=ENL -EU-SUBCNT

Archived: Reauthorization of ESEA: Why We Can't Wait -- Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks at the Monthly Stakeholders Meeting
http://www2.ed.gov/news/speeches/2009/09/09242009.html

House GOP NCLB Proposal Would Scale Back Federal Role - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2012/01/house_gop_nclb_proposal_would.html

Blog: Obama's NCLB waivers promise more Washington interference in education

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/obamas_nclb_waivers_promises_more_washington_interference_in_education.html

Advocates, Policymakers Give Mixed Early Reviews to ESEA Draft - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2012/01/advocates_policymakers_give_mi.html

Education Week: Flexibility on Tutoring Pleases Districts, Worries Industry

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/10/12/07ses_ep.h31.html?tkn=SXLF427Y2Y1vbhJrQ4xxZrpjU5GQj8ysSCDl&cmp=clp -edweek

Education Week: Judging Process Seen Crucial in NCLB Waivers

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/30/06waiver_ep.h31.html?tkn=LTVFVizxHHMrCscJn74E4sjKa21FZQsKl%2BMe&cmp=ENL -EU-NEWS1

In the competition for $4 billion in Race to the Top grants last year, the judges were criticized for being inconsistent between states and for exhibiting wild swings in the scoring of the same state s application.

Education Week: Few Students Take Advantage of NCLB Options, State Finds
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/09/30/06mct_mnnclb.h31.html?tkn=QXNF7zLuf1EKe%2BxS09qDVR9DWTNXhpYv9E5g&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

President Obama Mistakes Bi-Partisan Distaste for NCLB for a Mandate to Rewrite
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/09/23/president-obama-mistakes-bi-partisan-distaste-for-nclb -for-a-mandate-to-rewrite/? utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

No Child Left Behind on steroids - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/no-child-left-behind-on-steroids/2011/08/25/gIQA92bzdJ_blog.html

Duncan Offers Short-Term NCLB Relief for Waiver Seekers - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/09/states_that_cant_meet_the.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2

NSBA - National School Boards Association

http://us.vocuspr.com/Newsroom/Query.aspx? SiteName=NSBANew&Entity=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=121263&XSL=PressRelease&Cache=False

Freeze state annual measurable objectives (AMO) to prevent what is estimated by Duncan as an unnecessary rise in the performance bar of schools not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) from 37% to 82%.
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Eliminate the 20 percent set-aside for supplemental services or school choice. These have not produced significant results in student

achievement and districts need the flexibility to use the money in more effective ways. Eliminate the requirement to replace principals in turn-around interventions especially if the school is moving on course that is likely to produce measureable improvement.
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Duncan's "Backdoor Blueprint" Strategy - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2011/08/duncans_backdoor_blueprint_strategy.html

NCLB Waivers Confirms Link with Nationalization of Education | EducationNews.org

http://www.educationnews.org/ednews_today/159733.html

Barresi: State would seek No Child Left Behind waiver | Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=335&articleid=20110810_16_A1_WASHIN754550

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Secretary of Educations Authority to Waive ESEA Requirements
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If this is correct, why apply for a waiver? According to this document, a waiver would come with strings. Creating a state amendment to the ESEA would not. it would be much more difficult to determine that the Secretary has exceeded his authority if new requirements are couched as voluntary, as part of a package deal to obtain new forms of flexibility. The primary alternative is likely to be state amendments to their ESEA accountability plans. 3 Such changes, if approved by ED, do not require the submission of waiver requests by states, and do not require states to meet any additional requirements that might be associated with ESEA accountability waivers.

Research & Commentary: No Child Left Behind Waivers | The Heartland Institute
http://heartland.org/policy-documents/research-commentary-no-child-left-behind-waivers

New Details Emerge on Duncan's NCLB Waiver Plan - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/07/so_about_a_month_ago.html

States Unsure About NCLB Waivers

http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/467-states-unsure-about-nclb -waivers-

"This is not an a la carte menu," stated Duncan. While Secretary Duncan agreed that he'd rather see lawmakers act swiftly on reauthorization, he is no stranger to granting waivers,

New Details Emerge on Duncan's NCLB Waiver Plan - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/07/so_about_a_month_ago.html

States Unsure About NCLB Waivers

http://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/467-states-unsure-about-nclb -waivers-

"This is not an a la carte menu," stated Duncan. While Secretary Duncan agreed that he'd rather see lawmakers act swiftly on reauthorization, he is no stranger to granting waivers, exchanging them 315 times his first year in office to various states.

Obama Administration Continues to Make Policy Through Waivers

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/08/12/obama-administration-continues-to-make-policy-through-waivers/? utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

Texas Very UnlikelyTo Seek NCLB Waiver This Year | KUT News
http://www.kutnews.org/post/texas-%E2%80%9Cvery-unlikely%E2%80%9D-seek-nclb -waiver-year

No Child Left Behind by Executive Overreach - Lindsey Burke - National Review Online
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/275015/no-child-left-behind-executive-overreach-lindsey-burke

Education Week: States Cautious on Duncan's NCLB-Flexibility Offer

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/20/36esea.h30.html?tkn=TVXFPM6CsCXyYXHm6ISRo9E3Vsld8%2B%2By78Qa&cmp=clp -edweek

District Advocates Not Fans of Duncan's NCLB Waiver Ideas - Politics K-12 - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/08/we_still_dont_know_for.html

Nationalization Chickens Come Home to Roost Jay P. Greene's Blog

http://jaypgreene.com/2011/08/09/nationalization -chickens -come-home-to-roost/

the federal government is gearing up to use the ridiculous and unobtainable NCLB 100% proficiency requirement as a bludgeon to force the last remaining holdout states to bow down and adopt Common Core . Common Core is irreversibly associated with nationalization. It already was before the latest wordabout NCLB waivers; that news doesnt create, but merely confirms, the permanent link between CC and nationalization of education.

Look Out, Voluntarism! Here They Come Again! | Cato @ Liberty

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/look-out-voluntarism-here-they-come-again/

It is being widely reportedthis morningthat in September U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will publish criteria states will have to meet to be granted waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act. (A gross violation of the Constitutions separation of powers, by the way, but that is a slightly different debate.) And the administration issignaling that, among other things,it will force all states that want relief from NCLB to adopt national curriculum standards, better known as theCommon Core.

If you support Common Core, oppose Arne Duncan

http://www.educationgadfly.net/flypaper/2011/08/if-you-support-common-core-oppose-arne-duncan/

Arnius Duncanus is at it again. Unmoved by pleas that he first do no harm when it comes to promising reforms like the Common Core State Standards Initiative, he seems compelled to attach mandates to his forthcoming NCLB waivers that will require adoption of the Common Core standards. No, his team wont mention the Common Core, but everybody knows thats what hes talking about when he calls for college and career ready standards.

Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll What Americans Said About the Public Schools 2010
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Whether its paying the bills, setting standards, deciding what should be taught, or holding schools accountable, Americans believe state government is the responsible agency for public education in the United States. Conversely, four of five Americans believe the federal government should not have a role in holding schools accountable, and that local government that is, sch American opinion of NCLB is unchanged from last year, and overall remains unfavorable, as less than one in four Americans believe NCLB has helped their local schools.

ROPE Survey questions on fed involvement

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