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New details emerge on Duncan's NCLB waiver plan
- 07-18-2011
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By Alyson Klein/Education Week
It's been about a month since U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that, since Congress wasn't making significant progress on reauthorizing the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education, he would step in and offer waivers to states from parts of the law. Now, of course, the big question is: What exactly would that mean? The department has been mum so far (even to some members of Congress) but speculation about the specifics is high, particularily among state chiefs. Here's what is under discussion, according to sources: • There would be three kinds waivers under No Child Left Behind, and states would have to sign up for all of them—it wouldn't be an either/or thing. This is something Duncan made clear in the initial waiver announcement. (more...)
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