Sentences with phrase «nclb waiver policies»

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Ultimately, NCLB allowed the Obama administration to dictate K - 12 policy via quid pro quo waivers granted to states desperate to escape NCLB's «100 %» mandate.

Which states are leading the way and which are just checking off the policy box for an NCLB waiver?

Rather than press Congress to pass a law to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Obama administration used federal stimulus money to encourage states to accept its policy preferences and waivers from NCLB's penalties to ensure those policies were implemented.

So the Obama administration offered states a deal: it would grant states «waiver» relief from NCLB sanctions if they stuck with the program on education policy.

Other critics claimed we were «mandating» that states adopt these policies, but states always had an option of whether or not to pursue grant funding or NCLB waivers (five states chose not to apply for a waiver, and others did so only after watching many other states earn approval).

I do this as someone who played a role in the events that I describe: in 2011 and 2012, I was part of the policy team working on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver initiative and grant programs like the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), and played a role in spreading the Obama administration's teacher evaluation policies across the country.

This is the second of three pieces to show how this conceptual friction actually rears its head in the real policy world — the first was on school closures, the third will be on ESEA reauthorization and NCLB waivers.

Federal policy, through Race to the Top financial incentives and selective offers of waivers to NCLB requirements, is pushing this centralizing strategy forward.

• The bill passed by the House education committee • One of the two options offered by Senator Alexander • Senator Murray's ESEA floor speech • The president's radio address and Secretary Duncan's speech • CCSSO • The George W. Bush Institute • The diverse groups organized by Ed Trust, the Business Roundtable, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights • The Foundation for Excellence in Education • The official policies of both NCLB and the Obama administration's ESEA - waiver initiative

It is wrong for them to use waivers as a means to force states to adopt substantive policies that aren't in the text of NCLB.

Some also argue that the recent spate of heavy - handed edu - policies (some cite NCLB, teacher - evaluation reform, ESEA - waiver requirements) should make us leery of wading into the world of private - school regulation.

Another Duncan policy granted states waivers of NCLB's requirements only if they agreed to comply with provisions similar to RTTT's.

Ultimately, NCLB allowed the Obama administration to dictate K - 12 policy via quid pro quo waivers granted to states desperate to escape NCLB's «100 - percent» mandate.

The best indicator of the imperfections of NCLB is the large number of states that the federal government has awarded waivers from NCLB requirements in exchange for planning and pursuing new policies, such as enhanced teacher evaluation systems.

No Child Left Behind Waivers: Promising Ideas from Second - Round Applications An evaluation of states» No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plans by the Center for American Progress (CAP) finds states are significantly changing their school accountability and educator effectiveness policies but that certain details of their reform plans remain murky.

You are sooo right Jon — this just replaces NCLB and does have even more pieces of concern — by the way — the testing will now include 5 year olds as K - 3 will now be included — thank God we are not letting those kids play anymore — the only thing the waiver provides is that it gets rid of the idiotic unachievable goal of having every student read at proficient / goal by 2014 — its nice to set the bar high but a little bit of realism wouldnt hurt when making policy ---

The policies the Obama administration has advanced in exchange for NCLB waivers are sensible, if less ambitious than those that came before.

Federal policy also has reflected much of this change, with the U.S. Department of Education providing options for states to seek waivers from some of the dated NCLB requirements (in light of delays in Congressional reauthorization of that law), in an effort to promote innovation toward satisfaction of the rigorous kinds of standards established by the common core state standards.

The perceived gridlock made Duncan impatient, he said, and sparked his August announcement that he would grant waivers to states from certain components of NCLB in exchange for their signing onto his policies.

But his tenure wasn't without its criticisms: He was also responsible for shepherding more contentious policies such as the rigorous standards tied to RTTT and the teacher evaluation systems that accompanied NCLB waivers.

So, what are districts to do when they are to follow the letter of the law, and the accountability policies being financially incentivized by the feds, and then the states (e.g., via Race to the Top and the NCLB waivers)?