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States threaten to defy 'No Child Left Behind'
- 06-29-2011
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By Larry Abramson/NPR
A rebellion over "No Child Left Behind" has begun, and the starting point is Idaho. Many states say they need emergency relief from the controversial education law's requirements, or a huge number of decent schools will face sanctions. Idaho says it will just ignore the law this year. Under No Child Left Behind, Idaho is supposed to identify a growing number of schools as failing because they can't get enough students to pass a state test. Idaho schools superintendent Tom Luna says he just won't do it. "We're not going to identify more schools as 'needs improvement,' because that is not the correct way to identify them," Luna says. Every year, the law's targets keep rising, Luna says. Many schools that have made great strides in improving achievement still fall below that bar as it floats upward. (more...)
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