Superintendent Mick Zais's alternative to No Child Left Behind -- a waiver application that includes a proposal to label schools A through F for performance -- isn't collecting many supporters among veteran educators. In Richland County, school board member Vince Ford has become the latest to question the Zais model.Richland One School Board member Vince Ford explains: "It's really about taking
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Aiken Standard: Time to leave NCLB
Posted on 7:39 AM by Unknown
Agreed!When the No Child Left Behind act was enacted 10 years ago it was heralded as a program to bring accountability to the country's education system. It set standards and measurement methods designed to reward achievement and punish failure.
But the program has flaws. For one, it ignores differences in favor of a one-size-fits-all method. And, success is all or nothing. If a school passes
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Turnout low for Zais's first public meeting on NCLB waivers
Posted on 12:48 PM by Unknown
Here's one area where the state Superintendent of Education and the Obama administration apparently agree: Both want to be freed from the restrictions of the Bush administration's "No Child Left Behind." While Congress dawdles over the law's reauthorization, the Obama administration last year rolled out NCLB waiver options for states that wished to apply for them. Coincidentally, Superintendent
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