'No Child' Could be Left Behind
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The Obama administration is planning a massive overhaul to the Bush Administration's 'No Child Left Behind' policy, reports The New York Times. The specific changes have not yet been revealed, but White House officials told the Times that the 2014 deadline will be eliminated and that the formula for determining the success or failure of a school will be a major focus of reform. It's a significant win for the educators who have said the current legislation has lacked the muscle to force change among those schools labeled as failing.
[A] new accountability system would divide schools into more categories, offering recognition to those that are succeeding and providing large new amounts of money to help improve or close failing schools.
A new goal, which would replace the 2014 universal proficiency deadline, would be for all students to leave high school “college or career ready.” Currently more than 40 states are collaborating, in an effort coordinated by the National Governors Association and encouraged by the administration, to write common standards defining what it means to be a graduate from high school ready for college or a career.
The new standards will also define what students need to learn in earlier grades to advance successfully toward high school graduation.
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