Fall 2011 — President Barack Obama offers states flexibility from key mandates of the NCLB law, in exchange for embracing his education redesign priorities. (edweek.org)
(District of Columbia) Much of the nation is engaged in some new form of teacher evaluation, encouraged by billions of dollars in grant money from the Race to the Top competition or by the promise of a waiver from key mandates imposed under the No Child left Behind Act. (k-12daily.org)
US firms land key mandates as San Francisco company strikes deal to merge its Chinese branch with local taxi app competitor (legalweek.com)