Although NCLB Act II is on hiatus, in the meantime, you might be interested in checking out the Spotlight on No Child Left Behind. Education Week's editors have packaged major NCLB articles and commentaries into a downloadable PDF on growth models, graduation rates, supplemental education services, the “differential accountability” [...]
Although NCLB Act II is on hiatus, in the meantime, you might be interested in checking out the Spotlight on No Child Left Behind. Education Week's editors have packaged major NCLB articles and commentaries into a downloadable PDF on growth models, graduation rates, supplemental education services, the “differential' [...]
NCLB: Act II is on hiatus. At some point in the future, it may resume covering developments in the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as the No Child Left Behind Act.
[...]NCLB: Act II is on hiatus. At some point in the future, it may resume covering developments in the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now known as the No Child Left Behind Act.
[...]The week before Election Day, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings put the Bush administration's final stamp on NCLB by publishing new Title I rules. Among other things, the wide-ranging set of rules require states to set a uniform graduation rate and use it to hold high schools accountable; force' [...]
The week before Election Day, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings put the Bush administration's final stamp on NCLB by publishing new Title I rules. Among other things, the wide-ranging set of rules require states to set a uniform graduation rate and use it to hold high schools accountable;' [...]
President Obama is promising to improve the quality of assessments used under NCLB. Even though he has yet to introduce a detailed plan to reauthorize the law, states are at work on doing just that.
Once again, Kentucky is out in front. Washington state and Texas aren't far behind. See' [...]
President Obama is promising to improve the quality of assessments used under NCLB. Even though he has yet to introduce a detailed plan to reauthorize the law, states are at work on doing just that.
Once again, Kentucky is out in front. Washington state and Texas aren't far behind.' [...]
In the weeks before the election last fall, Robert Gordon published an intriguing essay for the Center for American Progress, where he worked at the time. The title—"More Equity and Less Red Tape"—aptly summarizes what is a nuanced argument delving deeply into complicated rules governing how districts spend Title [...]
In the weeks before the election last fall, Robert Gordon published an intriguing essay for the Center for American Progress, where he worked at the time. The title—"More Equity and Less Red Tape"—aptly summarizes what is a nuanced argument delving deeply into complicated rules governing how districts spend [...]
The argument that NCLB is narrowing the curriculum is not going away. Here are two items:
1. The congressional sponsors of the FIT Kids Act plan to re-introduce their bill this week. The House bill would require schools to schedule daily physical education and set a goal of providing [...]
The argument that NCLB is narrowing the curriculum is not going away. Here are two items:
1. The congressional sponsors of the FIT Kids Act plan to re-introduce their bill this week. The House bill would require schools to schedule daily physical education and set a goal of [...]
The debate over Title I setasides may be moot. One simple phrase in the stimulus law may allow districts to spend money from Title I and other federal programs as they choose, without following the rules set in NCLB or other laws. The clause says that states "may use" [...]
The debate over Title I setasides may be moot. One simple phrase in the stimulus law may allow districts to spend money from Title I and other federal programs as they choose, without following the rules set in NCLB or other laws. The clause says that states "may" [...]
Back in 2007, the House education committee's "discussion" draft for NCLB reauthorization bill came under fire from many sides. The NEA's opposition to potential pay-for-performance programs drew most of the attention.
Barely noticed and hardly debated, though, were minor addition to NCLB's goal for student achievement. The current law' [...]
Back in 2007, the House education committee's "discussion" draft for NCLB reauthorization bill came under fire from many sides. The NEA's opposition to potential pay-for-performance programs drew most of the attention.
Barely noticed and hardly debated, though, were minor addition to NCLB's goal for student achievement. The current' [...]
When experts talk about accountability under NCLB, they agree on one thing: The future lies in growth models. Discussions usually end there, never delving into the complexities of what makes a good growth model, how to design one, or whether they accomplish what NCLB sets out to do.
Charlie Barone [...]
When experts talk about accountability under NCLB, they agree on one thing: The future lies in growth models. Discussions usually end there, never delving into the complexities of what makes a good growth model, how to design one, or whether they accomplish what NCLB sets out to do.
Charlie [...]
President Obama covered a lot of ground in his education speech on Tuesday. He made a brief mention of NCLB, providing a glimpse of his thinking on the law's future. After outlining the need for common standards, Obama said:
That is what we'll help them do later this year—that what [...]
President Obama covered a lot of ground in his education speech on Tuesday. He made a brief mention of NCLB, providing a glimpse of his thinking on the law's future. After outlining the need for common standards, Obama said:
That is what we'll help them do later this year—that [...]
The governors are for a national effort to set academic standards. So are the chiefs. But don't count on state legislators.
That was one of several messages that West Virginia state Sen. Robert Plymale delivered yesterday to the Council of Chief State School Officers' annual legislative conference in Washington.
"We've staked our'" [...]
The Education Department's guidance on the stimulus is out, and the section on Title I says the Education Department will consider giving districts a break on reserving money for tutoring and school choice.
The guidance says the department will grant districts' requests for [...]
The governors are for a national effort to set academic standards. So are the chiefs. But don't count on state legislators.
That was one of several messages that West Virginia state Sen. Robert Plymale delivered yesterday to the Council of Chief State School Officers' annual legislative conference in Washington.
"We've staked'" [...]
The Education Department's guidance on the stimulus is out, and the section on Title I says the Education Department will consider giving districts a break on reserving money for tutoring and school choice.
The guidance says the department will grant districts' requests [...]
What will happen with the Title I set-asides?
The answer will have big implications on how quickly $2 billion in stimulus money is spent. State and officials are waiting for guidance from the Department of Education, which is expected soon.
The background: NCLB added a [...]
What will happen with the Title I set-asides?
The answer will have big implications on how quickly $2 billion in stimulus money is spent. State and officials are waiting for guidance from the Department of Education, which is expected soon.
The background: NCLB added [...]
The new federal stimulus law could stimulate federal involvement in middle and high schools.
The conference report accompanying the bill urges states to spend 40 percent of the $3 billion in Title I school improvement money on secondary schools. (Hat tip to this document [...]
Following up on last week's post on national standards, you can read my story in this week's issue of Education Week.
The story describes the "convergence of high-powered opinion" in favor of standards (a rhetorical flourish added by an editor, I must confess). But it also notes that completing [...]
On the campaign trail, President Obama pledged: "You don’t reform our schools by opposing efforts to fully fund No Child Left Behind." He said that in his biggest education speech of the general election campaign.
The economic stimulus package was a down payment on fulfilling that promise. Under [...]
At the National Governors Association's winter meeting this weekend, most news organizations focused on some governors' reluctance to take portions of the stimulus money. (For examples of the coverage, see here and here.)
But the NGA took one significant vote that went unnoticed elsewhere. Its members approved a policy [...]
Over at Swift & Changable, Charlie Barone hands over the blog to MargoMom, a frequent commenter here and elsewhere.
Charlie's headline (Margot/Mom on "Becoming a Part of the 'Reformy Crowd'") tells the story. But a better one might have been: "How I Learned to Stop'" [...]
Here's a thought experiment:
As a parent, I know that my son's elementary school in a "leafy green" suburb of Washington made AYP last year. But what if that school had needed to make AYP as it's defined in South Carolina, where the proficiency levels are notoriously higher? Or California, which' [...]
Rep. George Miller told my colleague Alyson Klein that the economic stimulus package would make it easier to reauthorize NCLB. By putting money on the table for schools, President Obama has demonstrated that he is going to be serious about fully funding the law, the chairman of the House [...]
After the economic-stimulus bill left the U.S. House of Representatives, education programs lost money. Except for one.
Funding for the "school improvement grant" program under NCLB's Title I fell to $1 billion in the Senate bill from $2 billion in the House bill. But in the final version, it's up to [...]
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spent this morning at a Northern Virginia school promoting the need for school construction money in the economic stimulus package. Yesterday, though, he spoke to the American Council on Education's annual meeting and discussed an issue that may be important for the next version' [...]
One inquiring mind asked me this week why this blog has been dark for three weeks. The simple answer is: NCLB hasn't been in the news. Everything has been about the stimulus. Until last Thursday.
At the American Enterprise Institute, Rick Hess and Mike Petrilli held an event discussing' [...]
Over at the Quick and the Ed, Robert Manwaring asks an important question about the Title I money in the stimulus package: How would cash-strapped districts comply with the program's "supplement, not supplant" rule?
As I pointed out yesterday, the stimulus bill would give Title I $13 billion—almost' [...]
In The Washington Post today, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings tells her prospective successor to keep NCLB. If you've heard her speak in the past two years, you wouldn't learn anything new. Test scores are up, she writes, especially among poor and minority children. The backlash against NCLB's accountability' [...]
Joel Packer, the NEA's spokesman on NCLB, is getting ready to end his tenure at the union after 25 years.
Packer announced to NEA staff earlier this week that he would leave the union at the end of April. In a phone conversation with me today, he said it was time' [...]
Has NCLB improved the targeting of money toward low-income students? I went round and round and round on that question with John See, Kevin Carey, and Michael Dannenberg back in December 2007. All of it was based on the reporting for this story.
I think the answer [...]
In addition to President George W. Bush's speech and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' "Great Expectations" document, the Bush administration has released a series of policy announcements on the 7th anniversary of NCLB.
• Spellings has approved the growth models of Colorado, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Now, 15 [...]
President George Bush gave the last policy speech of his presidency today. The topic was the same as his first such speech: NCLB.
In it, he repeated many arguments for the law, that it: requires schools to ensure the achievement of all students is rising, provides parents with [...]
As part of NCLB's 7th anniversary celebration, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has released a long document entitled "Great Expectations."
The 67-page document summarizes the Bush administration's message on NCLB for the past two years. Using a common device, it offers a word for the first five letters of the [...]
From guest blogger Michele McNeil:
The U.S. Department of Education came out with its holiday stocking stuffer today, in the form of non-regulatory guidance on the new graduation-rate regulations that went into effect Nov. 28.
The new regs, which have pleased advocates for the disabled but further annoyed [...]
Alexander Russo helpfully proves my point. He posts a bunch of links on Arne Duncan's struggles with and resistance to the implementation of NCLB. Those clips don't prove, as Russo thinks, that Duncan is an NCLB hater. If he was, Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., wouldn't have invited him [...]
