In today's USA Today, Greg Toppo writes that Obama wants to raise the bar of No Child Left Behind law. In the budget released yesterday, the Obama administration laid out several proposals. One was to rework the No Child Left Behind Act.
Toppo reports:
About the budget request, Chairman Miller said:
Toppo reports:
The proposal would rework the way the federal government judges public schools, scrapping a requirement that states increase the percentage of students meeting standards each year, though it allows states to set their own standards.And the Administration has put their money where their mouth is. In the budget, they requested nearly $3 billion dollars in increased resources to help schools meet this higher standards.
In its place, President Obama wants lawmakers to consider rewarding states that show progress toward internationally benchmarked, nationally developed standards.
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Obama and Arne Duncan, his Education secretary, have long said No Child Left Behind doesn't hold states to high enough standards. On a conference call Monday, Duncan told reporters the law "often does little to reward progress" of schools that help students achieve — and lets states set standards that are too low to allow U.S. children to get into college or compete internationally.
"In too many states, those standards are too low, and the existing law doesn't provide states with incentives to raise their standards," Duncan said. "In fact, quite the opposite is true."
About the budget request, Chairman Miller said:
Learn more about the Elementary and Secondary Act and the President's educational budget proposals.
I applaud the President’s continued funding commitment to early education and our K-12 schools. His budget sends the right message about balancing incentives with resources – spurring major school improvements and providing the resources needed to make them. I agree with his focus on rigorous standards, effective teachers and turning around our lowest performing schools. We will examine these and other key areas as we begin working on a bipartisan rewrite of our federal education laws.
First, let me say I have NO expectation at getting a response. Since it is well known that these e-mails like all letters soft or hard are ignored and letters at only support the party line are considered. I am writing for my own benefit. The new regulations as proposed are nothing more than a pandering to teacher unions and failed school districts. Once again teeth less set of pie in the sky ideas with no measurements or consequences.
You need to listen to the true clients parents and the business community who see the results of illiterate poorly educated students. Stop playing the game that ever one else is a lobbyist BUT teacher unions, too bad Kennedy died and now his educational plan.