NJ Education Advocates To Duncan: State's Waiver Plan Is A Disaster
Cross posted from WHYY's NewsWorks NJ
The debate over No Child Left Behind (NCLB) continues in New Jersey, this time over whether the state's new plan to meet federal education standards does enough to help the state's lowest performing schools. The Garden State has received a waiver from NCLB mandates, and a chance to come up with its own plan.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, a number of advocates called on the federal government to suspend the NCLB waiver given to New Jersey. The signers of the letter sent a clear message to Secretary Duncan that New Jersey's plan of carrots and sticks is heavily weighted against minorities, stating "this