The Daily Report Card: Happy Birthday, NCLB!
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President Obama (center) holds a meeting with a bicameral, bipartisan group of legislators to discuss what would turn out to be the ill-fated move to reauthorize No Child Left Behind in March 2011.
NCLB Turns Ten On Sunday…
Five Thoughts About NCLB on its Tenth Anniversary – Education Next “It worked!… But it couldn’t work forever,” writes Mike Petrilli from the right-leaning Fordham Institute ahead of NCLB’s January 8 birthday. (educationnext.org)
In Defense of No Child Left Behind – TIME Andrew Rotherham: “Did NCLB solve all of our public education problems? No. But it set a lot of good things in motion.” (ideas.time.com)
Education predictions for 2012 – Taking Note John Merrow: “The probability that anything useful will happen in the re-authorization of NCLB is pretty slim, unless it happens very early this year.”(takingnote.learningmatters.tv)
…And Other Fun
Right to Work and Public Opinion, Who Cares? – Indiana Barrister A sizable plurality of Hoosiers have no opinion about a right to work bill that’s already shut down the House for two straight days and could potentially crowd out other legislation — like education issues. (Indiana Barrister)
Education issues looming in Indiana legislative session – School Matters Steve Hinnefeld and Terry Spradlin team up to look ahead to the 2011 session. (inschoolmatters.wordpress.com)
For-Profit Companies Getting Big Slice of Public Ed Pie, With Mixed Results – The Educated Reporter “27.4 percent of virtual schools operated by for-profit companies (using public dollars) made AYP last year.” (educatedreporter.com)