reports on how Sequoyah Middle School rose from the “No Child Left Behind” burden. The school has 80% of its students as Spanish-speaking. Good read.

The Education Department will allow teachers to be called highly qualified even if the rules in some states do little to insure quality.

Tens of thousands of teacher could be affected by this rule change.

the NCLB bill is far from perfect.  He wants changes in the way students are measured.

in the state of Connecticut that are mandated by the NCLB bill have seen sharp declines eventhough no changes have been made to be the bill. The state has a seen a drop in funding by 10%.

Money that has been cut would be going to money for after school programs and low-income districts.

are testing the NCLB limits.  The state does not allow for state takeover of failing schools.  Only one school in the state is so bad they are in the restructuring phase.  Nationwide only 3% of schools are in restructuring

are saying they are doing their best even if they are not meeting “adequate yearly progress” goals for the NCLB.