States are lining up to drop out of No Child Left Behind, the education initiative that was promoted as a historic achievement of the Bush administration.
1.
More from TODAY.com
1.
Image: Los Angeles County firefighters in Angeles National Forest, north of Castaic, Calif.
Six days after cliff plunge, kids find dad
A 67-year-old man was found alive by his family six days after his car plunged 200 feet off a mountain road. To survive, he built a makeshift camp, ate leaves and drank from a nearby creek, his daughter said.
2. Knox’s mom: Amanda’s ‘terrified’
3. Longtime TODAY fan gets proposal on the plaza
4. Moby's cousin? Rare white humpback whale spotted
5. First lady shops at Target in baseball cap, sunglasses
Since President Barack Obama announced last month that he would sign an executive order allowing states to request waivers from mandatory participation in the program, at least 27 have signaled that they will ask to opt out, and most others are reviewing their options.
1.
An msnbc.com-NBC News special report
By Alex Johnson of msnbc.com with Brian Mooar and Kristin Welker of NBC News and Tamron Hall of MSNBC TV. The following NBC stations contributed to this report: KTVZ of Bend, Ore.; WAGT of Augusta, Ga.; WALB of Albany, Ga.; WDSU of New Orleans; WGEM of Quincy, Ill.; WNBC of New York; and WSLS of Roanoke, Va.
• Follow Alex Johnson on Facebook
• Follow Alex Johnson on Twitter
Obama said states could seek waivers as long as they adopt higher standards than those mandated under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as No Child Left Behind is formally titled. The Education Department said most states had already done that, presumably making them eligible for waivers.
No comments:
Post a Comment