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posted by: Alix
| September 28, 2011, 09:05 am
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Obama Administration Releases NCLB Waiver Proposal
With reauthorization of No Child Left Behind taking much longer than expected, President Obama announced on Friday that his administration will begin to allow targeted waivers to individual states to provide regulatory relief under the current federal system with caveats to include levels of accountability.
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posted by: Alix
| September 27, 2011, 05:04 pm
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2011 is shaping up to be the year of education and labor reform nearly nationwide. In March, 48 states were considering labor reform bills on the heels of major Republican gains in state legislatures across the country. What started as legislative progress and meaningful education reform in states like Indiana, Florida, and Idaho, has yielded an unprecedented backlash from unions who are literally fighting for their very survival in long drawn out court battles that are leaving many commonsense policies in limbo.
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posted by: Alix
| September 26, 2011, 04:25 pm
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This week marks the second annual interactive summit, Education Nation hosted by NBC news. The weeklong conference is designed to host educators, parents, policymakers, elected officials, business leaders, students and engaged citizens in facilitating a national discussion about the challenges and potential solutions spanning today's education landscape. This year's lineup of education panels kicked off yesterday with a major teacher town hall event, and is set to include sessions on teaching and testing, the brain science behind early-learning and more.
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posted by: Alix
| September 23, 2011, 04:46 pm
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With reauthorization of No Child Left Behind taking much longer than expected, President Obama today announced that his administration will begin to allow targeted waivers to individual states to provide regulatory relief under the current federal system with caveats to include levels of accountability.
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posted by: Alix
| September 23, 2011, 01:29 pm
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Ms. Mojah Hamner, an art teacher at Fort Gibson High School, in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, was awarded an AAEF grant to purchase supplies to supplement a newly acquired kiln for her ceramics classes. This equipment, known as "furniture," will complete a previously donated kiln, allowing it to be in working order for the entire student body.
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