NCLB Waiver Update
Laura Waters
February 10, 2012
From Politics K-12: Ten of 11 states that applied for waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act have received that flexibility from federal officials,
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
December 15, 2011
Andy Rotherham at Eduwonk puts in context today’s piece in the New York Times that describes how U.S. Sec. of Education Arne Duncan overestimated the
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
November 17, 2011
from NJ’s No Child Left Behind waiver application: While in the aggregate New Jersey’s students perform at nation-leading levels, the state has a number of
Winerip the Manichaean
Laura Waters
November 2, 2011
Poor Michael Winerip, every ed reformer’s favorite punching bag. The long-time New York Times columnist plods the Gotham edu-beat like clockwork each Monday morning, juxtaposing
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
October 25, 2011
So I’m here to say that we can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will. In
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
October 17, 2011
I appreciate the efforts of Senators Harkin and Enzi to build into the reauthorization bill more flexibility for states and districts while maintaining accountability at
Duncan and Cerf: NCLB Waivers
Laura Waters
September 23, 2011
About an hour ago U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined NJ Education Commissioner Chris Cerf and Delaware Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery for a bit
Newark Union Prez on Teacher Quality
Laura Waters
September 16, 2011
“It’s very easy to blame the sinking of the Titanic on the captain, but I would think the crew had something to do with it,
NCLB Turbulence
Laura Waters
August 9, 2011
Odds are high that New Jersey will apply for a waiver on No Child Left Behind sanctions, reports NJ Spotlight and The Record. The federal
Quote of the Day
Laura Waters
December 13, 2010
Derrell Bradford explains why No Child Left Behind has been successful in shining “a great spotlight on what we all knew: Poor kids were getting