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Klein, Alyson; McNeil, Michele – Education Week, 2011
While the Obama administration's plan to offer states relief from parts of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act--if they agree to embrace unspecified education redesign priorities--has drawn kudos from some quarters, it isn't sitting well in others. Officials in a number of states have praised the idea as an opportunity for badly needed relief from…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change, Politics of Education
McNeil, Michele; Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2011
The Obama administration will waive cornerstone requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, including the 2014 deadline for all students to be proficient in math and reading/language arts, and will give states the freedom to set their own student-achievement goals and design their own interventions for failing schools. In exchange for that…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Politics of Education