2011年6月25日星期六

Idaho schools chief goes rogue on No Child Left Behind (The Lookout)

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Idaho's top schools official Tom Luna has informed Education Secretary Arne Duncan that his school is opting out of key parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law. Luna blasted Congress for refusing to update the nine-year-old law in his letter.

"This inability of Congress and the Administration has left states in a parallel universe, where we are being forced to try and reconcile an inefficient, outdated law with bold, innovative paths toward raising student achievement," he wrote. "We can no longer financially afford to do both. Since Congress and the Administration are not going to act immediately, states will take the lead."

Duncan has warned that if the law isn't changed, 80 percent of the nation's schools will be labeled failing. (A recent study suggests the figure will be lower.) One hundred percent of students are expected to display proficiency in math and reading tests by 2013 under the law. Though there's bipartisan consensus No Child Left Behind needs to change, nothing much has happened on the re-authorization front.

As EdWeek's Michelle McNeil points out, states can ask for waivers from the federal government to get out of meeting the law's testing standards, but Luna is deliberately bypassing that to directly flout the law. Duncan himself has said he wants to grant broad waivers to states if Congress doesn't alter the law, so it's unclear if Luna's move will be met with the same federal retaliation as it would have in the past.

Luna has pushed through a sweeping package of reforms this year, eliminating teacher tenure and equipping every high school freshman with a laptop and a mandate to take online courses.

(Luna: AP/Jessie Bonner)


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