Sentences with phrase «of waiver proposals»

That's the picture that emerged from an Education Week analysis of waiver proposals submitted last month to the U.S. Department of Education by 11 states, whose proposals offer insight into what the next generation of state - led accountability looks like.

That's the picture that emerged from an Education Week analysis of waiver proposals submitted last month to the U.S. Department of Education by 11 states, whose plans offer insight into what the next generation of state - led accountability looks like.

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The department and Board of Regents also are working to create different pathways to graduation for high school students, including a proposal for project - based assessments, something the waiver would help them expand.

Klein's proposals range from eliminating housekeeping accounts, repealing the Wilson - Pakula waiver and creating public funding of political campaigns.

President Obama sparked much debate in Washington with his plan to grant states waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), conditional on their willingness to embrace certain reform proposals sketched out in the administration's March 2010 proposal, «A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.»

Passed in 2008, it invited proposals for creating innovation schools, which could request waivers to district policies, state statutes, and union contracts — including tenure for new teachers — if 60 percent of the teachers voted for the Innovation Plan.

Borrow a page from Senator Alexander's 2007 proposal, or Senator Jim DeMint's A-Plus bill, and allow states to negotiate broad waivers with the Secretary of Education to do things very differently.

Since California's waiver was rejected last year, and the state is not reapplying this year, CORE is going its own way, filing for a waiver under a provision of NCLB allowing districts to submit proposals.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

State officials have aligned the remake of their letter grade system with Indiana's request for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which the state filed in November — about the same time the proposal first came before the State Board of Education.

The proposal explains the first year of data from the 2012 - 13 school year and how these meet the federal standards for a waiver.

State superintendent Glenda Ritz and the rest of the DOE are accepting public comment on their draft proposal to the keep the state's No Child Left Behind waiver.

His proposal calls for the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a process for granting a «waiver from compliance» with the law to any school food program that «verifies a net loss» for a period of six months beginning July 1, 2013.

The administration granted waivers to to states in spite of questions raised by the peer review panel it put in place to vet the proposals about whether the promises made would be fulfilled.

Last month, the administration scrambled to get Virginia to scrap its low expectations for poor and minority children amid outcry from reformers and civil rights activists over the Old Dominion's move to approve AMO targets that only require districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students (and 65 percent of Latino peers) are proficient in math by 2016 - 2017; those targets were blessed by the administration back in June as part of its approval of the state's waiver proposal.

The entire waiver process was sloppily administered in the first place, with Duncan granting waivers to states (and allowing them to ignore whole sections of No Child) even thought they have not yet implemented or enacted all the proposals within their applications, and the administration ignoring concerns raised by its own peer review panels about such matters as how states have ignored the need to gain consultation on proposed changes from American Indian tribes as required under the U.S. Constitution (as well as from black and Latino communities equally affected by the evisceration of accountability).

The administration promised $ 1 billion in new spending on preschool; spurred states to adopt controversial K - 12 reforms such as performance - based teacher evaluations and the adoption of the Common Core State Standards through its Race to the Top grant program and waivers to the No Child Left Behind law; significantly expanded the federal School Improvement Grant program to turn around low - performing schools; targeted for - profit colleges and attempted to increase accountability in the higher education sector; and pushed a proposal by the president to make community college free.

Even if a state ultimately wins a waiver — a decision that rests with Secretary Duncan — the proposals reveal how much more work states have to do to fully usher in this new era of accountability.

Meanwhile the Obama administration is granting waivers to states (and allowing them to ignore whole sections of No Child) even thought they have not yet implemented or enacted all the proposals within their applications.

Senate Democrats have penned a No Child Left Behind reauthorization proposal that's expected to look a lot like the Department of Education's current waiver process, writes Alyson Klein for Education Week:

The release of the proposals got everyone talking for a time, but the Obama administration's waivers have relieved 39 states — including Indiana — from NCLB's most onerous burdens.

The administration has also ignored red flags raised by peer review panels it has put in place to vet the submitted proposals — including concerns that states didn't present their proposals to American Indian tribes as required under both the waiver process (as well as under federal and state laws), and that D.C.'s plan for implementing Common Core reading and math standards was not «realistic and of high quality».

Pressed for time, a small group of superintendents and officials from a coalition of nine California school districts, representing 1.1 million students, are on their way to D.C. to ensure that its No Child Left Behind waiver proposal is passed in time for the upcoming school year.

After California's waiver request was rejected back in January, CORE submitted its own application to the Department of Education, marking the first time districts filed a unified proposal.

Duncan and other U.S. Department of Education officials ignored concerns raised by the peer review panel charged by the administration with vetting the waiver proposals.

Nothing in the proposals to the Broad Foundation would shock anyone who had read the NCLB waiver application, Ms. Morgan added.Essentially, the state believes that its turnaround strategies combine the best of outside research and close support of school stakeholders.

In addition, Pryor said the reduction of funding in a proposal aimed at low - performing districts and the removal of specific strategies to help those districts could weaken the state's chances for a waiver of some requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

A coalition of 10 California districts that together serve more than 1 million students also submitted an NCLB waiver proposal, which raises questions about both the wisdom of a department decision to grant flexibility at the district level and the state's ability to manage two different school accountability systems.

Vermont withdrew its waiver request over differing opinions regarding its proposal to use local performance measures instead of state tests to gauge student achievement every other year.

«We applaud Acting Superintendent Ekchian's proposal to provide «forced placement» waivers for LA Unified's highest - need schools,» said Joan Sullivan, chief executive officer of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, which manages 18 high - need schools in LA Unified.

This week, California's state board of education will consider a proposal by the state's department of education to ask federal officials for direct relief from NCLB without going through the official waiver process.

Meanwhile the very questions raised by the peer reviewers about the CORE waiver proposal extend to just about every one of the plans for the 40 states and the District of Columbia approved by the administration since last year.

Under the House proposal, schools with waivers would be exempt from increasing the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low - fat milk and from reducing the levels of sodium and fat in meals.

Indiana Department of Education officials say the state's waiver proposal does enough to hold schools accountable for making sure the most at - risk students make progress.

The Department of Education ignored concerns from its own peer review panel about the waiver proposal.

Nine of the eleven waiver proposals, including Indiana's, would do away with these subgroups, creating instead a «super-subgroup» that requires a school to ensure the bottom 25 percent of its students make progress.

Here's the U.S. Department of Education letter in response to Indiana's waiver proposal (read that in full here).

As reviewers noted with Maryland's successful waiver, most of the failure mills that are going to be targeted under the state's proposal are in Baltimore and Prince George's County; forcing Maryland and other states to focus on district overhauls would make better sense.

After California's waiver request was rejected in January, CORE submitted its own application to the Department of Education, marking the first time districts filed a unified proposal.

Pro Technology's Tony Romm reports that the DHS proposal, which was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, would ask for voluntary disclosure from foreign travelers — including those arriving through the Visa Waiver program — and «follows months of calls on Capitol Hill for greater scrutiny of foreign visitors» social media accounts.»

Letter to the Minister of Labour, with submission to the Board, highlights concerns over the downside risk waiver, complexity of forms, and proposal to limit oral hearings.

Response: We agree with the comment supporting the proposed rule's provision to impose no requirements for the location or sponsorship of the IRB or privacy board that was convened to review a research proposal for the alteration or waiver of authorization criteria.

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