Duncan On "Morning Joe": A New No Child Left Behind?
The chess pieces are starting to line up for the passing of a new education law which is morphing from the old No Child Left Behind into what is now called ESEA. Link here to overview from The New York Times, outlining some of the challenges in its implementation.
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Excerpts:
" . . .The standardized tests developed by the states under the No Child law focus on measuring the number of students in each grade level in each school who are proficient in reading and math. Now the administration would like to shift the focus to measuring each student's academic growth, regardless of the performance level at which he starts. . . .
"It's a serious blueprint, and one that would be a huge improvement over current law," Michael Petrilli, a vice president at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute who served in George W. Bush's Education Department, wrote in his blog. One feature he liked, Mr. Petrilli said, was that the blueprint would "focus most of its muscle and prescriptiveness on a handful of the worst schools. . ."
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The UK Future View Of Education's Role In This Clever Video (3min)