Is No Child Left Behind Going Bye Bye? Tweets of the Day 7/6/12

Is your child being left behind?

Controversy over NCLB has been neverending for over ten years. Will states get out of bringing up kid's reading and math to proficiency? BTW, proficiency just means passing at about 70%. Here is some basic info about NCLB and the very latest news.

The government description.

No Child Left Behind

http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml 

 

The people's description.

 No Child Left Behind Act-Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act 

1. ‘No Child’ Law Whittled Down by White House

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/education/no-child-left-behind-whittled-down-under-obama.html?_r=1&ref=education 

2.  A slow death for No Child Left Behind?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57467613-503544/a-slow-death-for-no-child-left-behind/ 

3. No Child Left Behind waivers going to Wash., Wis. 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2018618645_apusnochildleftbehindwaivers1stld.html

4. More states freed from No Child Left Behind law

http://news.yahoo.com/more-states-freed-no-child-left-behind-law-135924620.html