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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. Education Secretary Arnie Duncan points out that this revision fixes the problem of dumbed down tests, an occurrence that was recorded in many states after the passage of NCLB by requiring each state to pass rigid and challenging standards.  One of the boldest moves by President Obama is a change in how Title I … More >>