Education advocate blasts Christie waiver
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
THE RECORD
The Education Law Center has complained to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan about elements of the Christie administration’s proposal for tracking schools’ progress.
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In a letter to Duncan made public Tuesday, the center protested that the Christie plan could tap some federal money intended for disadvantaged students and use it instead to reward gains in schools with few at-risk children.
The center asked Duncan to delay his decision on whether to give New Jersey a break from provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which mandates that all children be proficient in reading and math by 2014.
Calling that requirement unrealistic, President Obama