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HechingerEd Blog | Some states resisting Obama administration ed-reform requirements

HechingerEd Blog | Some states resisting Obama administration ed-reform requirements:


Some states resisting Obama administration ed-reform requirements

This week the Obama administration announced it had released a total of 33 states from some No Child Left Behind requirements with the approval of Nevada’s application for a waiver from the law. “While well intentioned, the law’s rigid, top-down prescriptions for reform have proved burdensome for many states,” a statement from the U.S. Department of Education said.
But some states seem to be feeling the same way about the Obama administration’s own prescriptions for reform.
(photo courtesy of Daniel J. Calderón)
Georgia is in a contentious battle with the feds over the money it won through the Race to the Top competition. The Department of Education has threatened to reduce the state’s award by $33 million after Georgia changed