Senate Discusses NCLB Waivers: What's Next For Federal Education Policy?
If you're looking for background on the important Senate hearing on the NCLB waivers, and what might be next for education reform efforts at the federal level, start with Motoko Rich's news analysis for the New York Times. It's a solid primer on the backbone of the waivers, the controversy, and the criticism.
Then jump over to Education Week's Politics K-12 blog. I can't say enough about the thoughtful work of co-bloggers Alyson Klein and Michele McNeil, who consistently manage to make the complexities of federal policy readable and, perhaps most importantly, help readers understand why it matters. (Here's Klein's well-detailed overview of the Senate hearing.)
As Joy Resmovits noted over at the Huffington Post, critics of the waivers testifying at the Senate hearing included someone who has been of President Obama's staunchest allies on the reform front -- Kati Haycock of
Then jump over to Education Week's Politics K-12 blog. I can't say enough about the thoughtful work of co-bloggers Alyson Klein and Michele McNeil, who consistently manage to make the complexities of federal policy readable and, perhaps most importantly, help readers understand why it matters. (Here's Klein's well-detailed overview of the Senate hearing.)
As Joy Resmovits noted over at the Huffington Post, critics of the waivers testifying at the Senate hearing included someone who has been of President Obama's staunchest allies on the reform front -- Kati Haycock of