that 16 area schools in the Houston area are off the list of failing schools under NCLB rules.

that students in 831 schools in the state can allow students to transfer to another school.

The Dallas Morning News also reports on this.

is now going to let any state in the USA use a “Growth Model” to assess student performance. She says that it will expand flexibility of the NCLB bill.

that the Gov. should opt out of the No Child Left Behind Bill even if it means not getting 150 million bucks from the federal government. The article states that Minnesota gets 580 million bucks a year from the federal government to fund educational programs which is only 6% of the total money they spend on education.

I do not think they will do it, but someone big is going to have to stand up to this junky bill.

on bills that are aimed to fix or kill off the No Child Left Behind Bill are stalled in congress.

This version has a lot more view comments on it.

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