In only five months, the Obama
administration has waived crucial provisions of Bill PL 107-110, commonly known
as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), in most schools.
Today, the Department of Education
(DOE) plans to release Washington and Wisconsin from its NCLB contract. With
the two states addition, over half of the country will have ceased to meet NCLB
goals that requires all students to achieve proficiency in mathematics and
reading by 2014.
In 2001, the Bush Administration attempted to
address the issues of public schooling with NCLB. After its introduction the bill received
praise for holding schools accountable for students education, but also
acquired criticism for its obsession on results.
The waiver will cease the labeling
of struggling schools as failures and place them on the DOE’s watch list. For
more on NCLB, check out the NYT’s coverage.
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