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California may join revolt against No Child Left Behind law
- 08-31-2011
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By Tom Chorneau/Capitol Weekly
Along with a growing number of education leaders nationwide – Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, said he would consider abandoning compliance with federal performance mandates if relief from No Child Left Behind sanctions is not otherwise provided by federal officials. Torlakson, who earlier last week sent a sharp rebuke of NCLB to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, said in an interview that NCLB was a law that had outlived its usefulness and that the nation’s schools needed Congress to undertake a complete revision of the law. “I think there is a consensus to leave behind, No Child Left Behind,” Torlakson said. “And to leave behind the (Annual Yearly Progress) which is a failed system and put in a new one that would be based more on the growth model that we use here in California.” (more...)
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