While everyone is analyzing the waiver proposals from the first states that applied, we here in the trenches carry on. There remain all of the confusing and contradictory rules around spending federal dollars that we deal with every day…and no…
Category Archives: Parental Involvement
Trigger Happy?
October 19, 2011 – 4:46 pm
From the Unintended Consequences Dept.: The recently announced NCLB waivers — you know, the ones that were supposed to provide “flexibility” so states may become “engines of innovation” — may shut down a nascent state-led effort to give parents more…
Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Parents
September 6, 2011 – 8:00 am
August 11 was the first day of school in Nashville. I spent the morning at one of our district’s middle schools that has been identified as in “restructuring” under No Child Left Behind. Students in their new school clothes streamed…
Riding the Waive
June 24, 2011 – 1:21 pm
This is getting out of hand. Secretary Duncan made the pronouncement that if Congress would not reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) “we will be prepared with a process that will enable schools to move ahead with reform…
Duncan Raises Stakes with Waiver Announcement
June 13, 2011 – 5:36 pm
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced that he’s prepared to use his significant waiver authority to bypass the effects of key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) if Congress fails to reauthorize the law this year. Duncan’s goal…
“Parental Notification” Overload
April 13, 2011 – 3:40 pm
A decade after No Child Left Behind was enacted, state and local educational agencies are still having trouble keeping track of all the “parental notification” letters and reports they are required to issue. It was one of the most significant…