I'm actually no fan of 'No Child,' but it's hard to let such a good opportunity to bash the Loser-in-Chief pass me by...
Obama to Free 10 States From Education’s ‘No Child’ Rules
February 09, 2012, 9:30 AM EST
By Roger Runningen and Hans Nichols
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will announce today that he’s freeing 10 states from requirements of the No Child Left Behind law as they pursue alternate means of judging student progress, an administration official said.
The states obtaining a waiver from the law, pushed by former President George W. Bush, are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
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Almost half of U.S. public schools are labeled failing under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Obama and Education Secretary Arnie Duncan have said the figure is as high as 80 percent, citing it as a reason to offer schools more flexibility.
The estimated percentage of schools that didn’t show adequate progress toward passing state standardized tests of math and reading was 48 percent in 2011, a record and an increase from 39 percent in 2010, according to a report in December by the Center on Education Policy, a Washington-based nonpartisan research group.
Full story: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-09/obama-to-free-10-states-from-education-s-no-child-rules.html
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