Category Archives: NCLB

Keeping Utah schools shackled via the back door

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Tweet   As Congress continues to delay reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), many states, including Utah, are requesting waivers from parts of the federal law, and some states are being openly defiant about it. With all this waiver … Continue reading →

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Budget deal: Utah still addicted to the federal trough

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Tweet   A year and a half ago I wrote an article for the Standard-Examiner about how Utah is addicted to federal dollars. Since then, nothing has changed. The federal budget deal has again brought this issue to our attention. … Continue reading →

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Relief from federal education mandates may be in sight

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Tweet   We have some good news out of Washington. Utah’s own Rep. Rob Bishop, an educator in Utah’s public schools for 28 years, has introduced a bill in Congress that could exempt Utah and other states from burdensome federal … Continue reading →

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Ogden rally raw footage, empowering parents, NCLB

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Tweet   Today in Ogden, an estimated 400 people protested the Ogden School District’s decision to forgo collective bargaining in favor of a contract made on its own terms. You can see footage of the protest here, taken by Alexis … Continue reading →

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NCLB: Waivers are good; repeal is better

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Tweet According to a report by Education Week, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave states 315 waivers under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2009, nine times more than his predecessor Margaret Spellings approved in 2008. This trend is … Continue reading →

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