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Archive for the ‘No Child Left Behind’

This Year 489 Schools In Michigan….

December 03, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

have failed to meet AYP goals. This is up from 399 schools last year. The tougher exam is to blame for this increase.

L.A. Unified Along With 98 Other….

November 29, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

school districts in the state have been told in a letter they are in danger of being abolished, taken over or stripped of administrators and schools under their jurisdiction due to not meeting goals in the NCLB bill.

Washington Post Report On The NCLB…

November 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

is out and what a state calls a “Dangerous School.” Around 94,000 schools exist and only 46 were designated as persistently dangerous in the past school year. Widespread underreporting of violent acts and states with rules saying was a dangerous school is the cause for so few schools to make the list.

The Tennessean Reporrts…

November 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

that schools in the state are having a tough time meeting “Highly Qualified Teacher” rules. The article states that Tennessee has around 98% of teachers that meet this goal, but have until August to meet a 100% goal.

I hate this rule, but how can you not go wrong with number around 98%.

Education Sector Report….

November 14, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

On NCLB is out. They are releasing the 2007 Pangloss Index. The one state they focus the most on and had the biggest jump was Alabama. Jumping up to 5th place from 22nd in one year.

The report gets into detail on how the Birmingham Alabama school districts cheated the students in the school district by using a high subgroup size to get less students counted and getting the US Department of Education to agree giving schools half credit for every student who missed level III but achieved level II just to help with AYP goals. With almost every student at level II it screwed up real AYP progress big time.

Washington Post With a Big Article…

November 05, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

on the No Child Left Behind Bill. The article looks at how the bill got passed.