Atlanta school cheating robs innocent children
OPINION - The Atlanta cheating scandal is about real life, a real 'wire' -- real children and all too real consequences...
Ex-superintendent indicted in Atlanta school cheating scandal
NBC News - A grand jury indicted a former superintendent and more than 30 other educators Friday in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals that rocked Atlanta's public schools.
Race-based academic targets debated
NBC NEWS - As states have sought waivers from the 100 percent proficiency requirement of No Child Left Behind, new performance targets were put in place that led to differing expectations for children depending on their race..
8 states get waiver from 'No Child Left Behind'
ATLANTA (AP) - Another eight states are gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday...
No Child Left Behind turns 10: Has it failed?
theGRIO REPORT- Merely a decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act inspired the country to provide the best education possible to its youth. Yet today, on its tenth anniversary, many say the legislation has been ineffective...
Obama rolling back Bush-era education law
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is trying to energize school performance at the local level by giving states the flexibility to opt out of provisions of the No Child Left Behind law.
Is race the X factor in falling SAT scores?
OPINION - Are we supposed to believe black and brown kids are to blame for the dumbing down of America?...
Mayor Corey Booker on No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind is stalled in Congress - leaving the administration to take the matter into their hands. The administration announced new waivers to make changes...
Ed. Secretary: States to get school test waivers
(AP) - Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break from student testing mandate in the federal No Child Left Behind law...
Cheating scandals tarnish 'Left Behind' law
theGRIO REPORT - Educators are accused of giving students inappropriate help and, in some cases, of changing students' answers -- all to raise their schools' test scores...
