The Obama administration announced Thursday the list of 10 states it is releasing from key requirements of No Child Left Behind, in a major move away from the decade-old education law.
The states getting waivers are: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Eleven states applied for waivers from the law and 28 others and Washington, D.C., have told the U.S. Department of Education that they plan to apply in the next round.
Kaela Brown, a teacher at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C., faced possible dismissal after her students posted low reading scores.
New Mexico applied for the waiver but didn’t get it.