Posts Tagged ‘No Child Left Behind (NCLB)’
DC Shuttle: More Arguing Over NCLB Waivers, STEM Plugged, Climate Research Dissed
by The New England Council
February 11, 2013
HELP Committee examines NCLB waivers. On Thursday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and State Flexibility Waivers. Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified. Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) sharply criticized the administration for granting NCLB waivers to states that shift towards policies that the ...
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DC Shuttle: All Six NE States Have Now Requested NCLB Waivers; SIP Grants Awarded; Unionizing Grad Students
by The New England Council
September 17, 2012
New Hampshire, Maine Request NCLB Waivers On Monday, officials in New Hampshire and Maine submitted requests for flexibility from the standards of No Child Left Behind. With this action, all six New England States have made formal requests for flexibility. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts have had their requests approved already. ...
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DC Shuttle: More than Half of States Granted NCLB Waivers, Including Va., which Hasn’t Adopted Common Core
by The New England Council
July 16, 2012
On July 6, the states of Washington and Wisconsin were granted waivers by the U.S. Department of Education from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Utah had waivers approved on June 29. Twenty-six states have now been granted waivers while ...
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DC Shuttle: HELP Committee Advances Reforms to No Child Left Behind
by The New England Council
October 24, 2011
On Thursday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 15-7 to advance legislation to replace the 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal education law, with three Republicans joining Democrats in support of the bill. The legislation would replace NCLB's requirement that all students achieve proficiency in math and reading by 2014 ...
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DC Shuttle: Congress Still Trying to Fix No Child Left Behind
by The New England Council
October 18, 2011
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-IA) released his draft of legislation to update the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law on Tuesday. The legislation frees states from NCLB's strict requirement that all children be proficient in reading and math by 2014, a standard which the Department of ...
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