Ed Waivers, Junk Ratings & Misplaced Blame: Jersey Edition
I’ve been writing over the past few weeks about NCLB waivers and the schools that are being targeted by states under the waiver program as targets for federally endorsed state intervention. [all of which is built on highly suspect legal/governance assumptions]
My concerns here operate at a number of levels. First, the current Federal Administration has again used an “incentive” application process to coerce states to adopt really, really ill-conceived policy frameworks. These policy frameworks consist of two major parts:
My concerns here operate at a number of levels. First, the current Federal Administration has again used an “incentive” application process to coerce states to adopt really, really ill-conceived policy frameworks. These policy frameworks consist of two major parts:
- school and district performance classification schemes that are largely if not entirely built on
