Another View: Build on schools' strengths to challenge pupils
Published: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 - 10:00 pm | Page 2E
Last Modified: Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 - 11:41 am
Anthony Cody, a National Board-certified science teacher who has worked in Oakland schools for 24 years, is responding to the Oct. 27 Viewpoints commentary, "State needs waiver from federal school law." The op-ed stated: "California should commit to apply for the NCLB flexibility waiver and develop and implement a reform plan that is rigorous and real."
No Child Left Behind has California schools in a vise. Next year, most schools will be declared "failing" based on our inability to make every child in the state proficient on standardized tests.
The U.S. Department of Education has created a waiver process however, that would allow our
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