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The problem with Obama’s plan to issue NCLB waivers
- 09-22-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan would do well to listen to Daniel Domenech on the subject of issuing states waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind. Obama is expected to announce on Friday the details of his plan to issue the waivers, according to this story by my colleague, Lyndsey Layton. Last month administration officials announced that because of the failure of Congress to rewrite and fix the flawed law, passed and implemented during the administration of president George W. Bush, it would take unilateral action by freeing states from complying with some of NCLB’s most burdensome requirements. Though there are critics arguing the administration doesn’t have the authority to act, it’s going to do it anyway. But there is a catch. (more...)
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