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Nine districts submit waiver for relief from NCLB
A collaborative of nine California school districts is submitting today a first-of-its-kind waiver seeking relief from the harshest sanctions of the No Child Left Behind law. The proposal would commit the participating districts to a new accountability system, focusing on student achievement but deemphasizing standardized test scores. The existing requirements and penalties would remain in effect for all of the other districts in the state. If U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan consents, the districts in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Discipline, Equity issues, Evaluations, Featured, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, Teachers, Tests & Assessments, U.S. Education Policy
Superintendents in D.C. to talk district waiver with Duncan
Superintendents representing a coalition of 10 California school districts are scheduled to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit next week. February 28 is the deadline for the handful of remaining states that don’t already have a waiver approved or pending to apply for relief from some of the most punitive aspects of the … Read entire article »
Filed under: A to G Curriculum, Featured, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, U.S. Education Policy
Districts to seek NCLB waiver whether or not they’re invited
A collaborative of California school districts known as the California Office to Reform Education, or CORE, plans to move forward with its application for a waiver from the most severe provisions of No Child Left Behind by the end of the month, the next deadline for states to apply. CORE intends to proceed with or without Gov. Jerry Brown’s blessing or U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s invitation. “We believe we will have a compelling application, given … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Jerry Brown, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, Standardized tests, Standards, U.S. Education Policy
CA educators reject NRA call for guns in schools
California educators and Democratic politicians are rebuking the National Rifle Association for suggesting that more guns in schools would keep students, teachers and staff safer. The NRA broke its silence about the massacre of children and teachers last week at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, holding a news conference Friday in Washington, D.C. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” said NRA executive vice president … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Reporting & Analysis, School Safety
Feds deny state a No Child Left Behind waiver
The formal letter from Washington hasn’t arrived, but the verdict has: The federal Department of Education has turned down California’s application for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. “It is disappointing that our state’s request – which enjoyed such strong support from parents, teachers, administrators, and education advocates across California – has apparently been rejected,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said in a press release Friday. Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, Title I
Three California districts win in federal Race to the Top competition
Three California school districts are among 16 winners in the latest round of the federal Race to the Top funding competition. The relatively small districts beat out several of the state’s largest districts, which didn’t even make it into the final round. This round of funding was the first in the series of Race to the Top competitions to be made available to individual districts. New Haven Unified in Union City, with about 13,000 students, was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Race to the Top, Reporting & Analysis
Four CA districts make Race to the Top finals
The U.S. Department of Education passed over California’s largest school districts in selecting finalists for the Race to the Top district competition. Out of 17 districts that applied for a share of the nearly $400 million in federal grant money, only four made the cut to the finals: Galt Joint Union Elementary, Lindsay Unified and New Haven Unified school districts, along with Ánimo Charter Schools, a division of Green Dot Public Schools. Districts that didn’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Race to the Top, Reporting & Analysis, Twenty-first Century Learning, U.S. Education Policy
Corona-Norco a first-time finalist for the Broad Prize
Corona-Norco Unified School District in Riverside County will be receiving $150,000 in college scholarships as a runner-up in the 2012 Broad Prize for Urban Education. The Southern California district was one of four national finalists for the award, which was created by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to recognize large urban school districts that have made the most progress in boosting student achievement and closing the achievement gap. The top prize of $550,000 in college scholarships went to five-time finalist Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The other two finalists this year are Houston and Palm Beach school districts. The $150,000 in scholarships is for this year’s high school seniors “who demonstrate significant financial need and who have improved their grades during high school.” During a ceremony Tuesday at the Museum of Modern Art … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Quick Hits, Systemic Change, Teacher Collaboration
Sec. Duncan on tour for school connectivity
The next time your child groans and asks why he has to go to school, or tells you she is absolutely certain that she’ll never use math, steal a little wit and wisdom from Salman Khan. The Silicon Valley innovator, whose online educational videos have grown to nearly 200 million lessons, kept an auditorium full of high school students rapt earlier this week as he urged them to consider a future in computer science. “I think … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Learning, Quick Hits, Technology
Duncan tight-lipped on California’s waiver
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wouldn’t reveal even a hint regarding the status of California’s request for a waiver from the most unrealistic provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind, in an interview on Wedneday. Duncan only reiterated what state education officials have already acknowledged. “Our staff is still in conversation with the state, so we’re still working on it,” the Secretary told EdSource Today in a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Evaluations, Featured, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, Teacher Unions
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