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Every Student Succeeds Act Collection

NCLB Revisited

Renewing the Law
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings reacts as she tries to speak Mandarin Chinese during a tour at Columbia High School on Oct. 28. Secretary Spellings was visiting the Columbia, S.C., school to unveil final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings reacts as she tries to speak Mandarin Chinese during a tour at Columbia High School on Oct. 28. Secretary Spellings was visiting the Columbia, S.C., school to unveil final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Mary Ann Chastain/AP
Federal Rules Mandate Uniform Graduation Rates
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings puts the Bush administration's final stamp on the No Child Left Behind Act with regulations on graduation rates, tutoring, and testing.
David J. Hoff, October 28, 2008
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Federal Advocates Say NCLB’s ‘Comparability’ Provision is in Need of Fine-Tuning
Advocates for poor and minority children are lobbying for lawmakers to change the ways school districts allocate $13.9 billion in Title I money among the schools in their systems.
David J. Hoff, June 17, 2008
5 min read
Federal Report Cites Asian-Americans' NCLB Issues
Schools are failing to identify such students under the No Child Left Behind Act and to get them the academic interventions they need, a report says.
David J. Hoff, May 8, 2008
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Federal Debate Emerges Over Proposed NCLB Rules on Tutoring, Choice
If the Bush administration has its way, school districts will be required to take a series of actions to ensure that parents and students know about their rights to free tutoring and school choice under the No Child Left Behind Act.
David J. Hoff, May 1, 2008
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Federal NCLB Plan Would Add New Rules
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings formally unveils regulations that would require state and local school officials to provide more and better information about high school graduation rates.
David J. Hoff, April 24, 2008
7 min read
Federal States Get Flexibility on Targets
Up to 10 states will be allowed to overhaul the way in which they spend federal K-12 funds to intervene in low-performing schools, under a pilot project.
David J. Hoff, March 18, 2008
7 min read
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, left, and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., discuss education at St. Albans High School in West Virginia.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, left, and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., discuss education at St. Albans High School in West Virginia.
Jeff Gentner/AP
Federal Spellings, on Tour, Aims to Promote NCLB
In the 15th stop on her intermittent national tour to promote the NCLB Act, Secretary Spellings encountered both defenders and critics of the law. And they turned out to be the same people.
David J. Hoff, March 14, 2008
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Federal Bush Presses NCLB Renewal on His Terms
As the federal law turned 6 years old this month, a top Democrat signaled that he would seek far-reaching changes, while President Bush suggested he would favor less dramatic revisions.
David J. Hoff, January 11, 2008
5 min read
Federal Court Revives NEA Suit Against NCLB
A federal appeals court has revived a major legal challenge to the No Child Left Behind Act based on arguments that the law imposes financial obligations on states and school districts without providing enough funding to cover the costs.
Mark Walsh, January 8, 2008
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"I have a real affinity for people who grind through this stuff day after day." —U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, on working on legislation with Capitol Hill aides.
"I have a real affinity for people who grind through this stuff day after day." —U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, on working on legislation with Capitol Hill aides.
Charles Dharapak/AP
Federal Spellings Seeks to Cast Her Glow Over NCLB
In her three years as U.S. secretary of education, Spellings has been the nation’s leading spokeswoman for the No Child Left Behind Act.
David J. Hoff, January 7, 2008
7 min read
Federal ‘Growth Models’ Gaining in Accountability Debate
As the U.S. Department of Education opens the alternative measuring stick to all states, some educators call for the models to take center stage under a renewed No Child Left Behind Act.
David J. Hoff, December 18, 2007
10 min read
Federal Amid Pessimism on NCLB, Talks Continue
Some observers blame President Bush and the NEA for the lack of progress on reauthorization this year.
David J. Hoff, December 17, 2007
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Federal Usually Contentious Title I Formula Is No NCLB Barrier
For all of this year’s debate about the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, virtually no one has brought up the question of how best to give out billions of dollars a year under the law.
David J. Hoff, December 3, 2007
7 min read
Federal NEA Leads Opposition to Law’s Renewal
The 3.2 million-member union and its California affiliate are mounting a vigorous campaign against the law and the most prominent proposal for reauthorizing it.
David J. Hoff, November 9, 2007
6 min read