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For Your Reading, Learn Something, NewsAugust 11, 2011 8:01am

Duncan Opens Wavier The Flood Gates For States Seeking Education Mandate Relief

With lawmakers on both sides of the ideological divide unable to come together on terms for a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (most recently renamed “No Child Left Behind” in 2001) State Education Departments began to apply in earnest to Sec. Duncan for exemptions from the school rating and student achievements benchmarks written into the language of NCLB. States have expressed their fear that schools (and students) will be unfairly labeled as failing – some states facing… Read More

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Learn Something, NewsMarch 20, 2010 1:46pm

White House Begins To Strengthen Support for Education Plan

President Obama introduced his blueprint for Education Reform last Friday and Saturday detailing how his administration plans to move forward on reforming the latest incarnation of the ESEA Act, No Child Left Behind. Department of Education officials have described this as a scaling back of federal presence in good schools while applying strong intervention methods and strict mandates for the lowest performing schools in the country.