As your editor expected, the waivers from the No Child Left Behind Act being pushed by President Barack Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, aren’t worth the paper upon which they are written.
Under the Obama plan, states will be allowed to evade the aspirational 100 percent proficiency provision with a vague set of “ambitious but achievable goals” and an equally amorphous requirement that states must put “college and career-ready” curriculum standards in place. Many surmise the latter means implementing Common Core standards in reading and math — something that 45 states have done so far. But Duncan has had to avoid making such a public statement means in order to avoid the full wrath of congressional Republicans and some reformers who essentially declare that doing so oversteps the Department of Education’s authority. As a result, a state can probably come up with some mishmash, call it college- and career-ready, and easily get it past federal officials.
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The right decision. The whole of NCLB was garbage. Nobody involved understood what they were talking about, understood the problem, or even knew what the problem was.
Every effort was and would continue to be wholly detrimental. Hopefully, this will mean no more funds for useless research, no more funds for “solutions” that could never work.
Overall, a great way to save money, and good start to eliminating politics, politicians and corporate greed from our schools, so we can begin to address real education goals, and attainment.