EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: Increasing Flexibility within No Child Left Behind print this page By Dan Lips Earlier this year, conservatives on Capitol Hill introduced legislation to give states the ...

In early 2015, Congress is likely to consider reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), presenting conservatives with an ...

As Congressional committees opened hearings on reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in mid-March, conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill unveiled a proposal to give states greater ...

Waiver: Comprehensive flexibility that the U.S. Department of Education has granted to more than 40 states and the District of Columbia from key requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (the ...

No Child Left Behind also included a goal of 100% proficiency by 2014, which turned out to be unrealistic. Instead of those consequences, the proposed new law would hand responsibility back to states.

Education Senate’s effort to rewrite NCLB sparks cautious optimism. April 8, 2015. Seventh-graders take part in a trial run of a new state assessment test on laptop computers at Annapolis Middle ...

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was famously an ambitious extension of the federal role in public education. The 16 years since it was signed on Jan. 8, 2002, and the two years since its ...

THE FIRST of two lawsuits challenging the No Child Left Behind act has been dismissed, an initial setback for those who want the federal government to scrap the law or ...

Twenty out of 35 states issued waivers from No Child Left Behind requirements can now use their 21st Century Community Learning Center funds to support both expanded-learning and after-school ...