{"id":10655,"date":"2012-02-09T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T09:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2012\/02\/09\/ten-states-will-get-no-child-l\/"},"modified":"2012-02-09T09:48:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T09:48:42","slug":"ten-states-will-get-no-child-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/09\/ten-states-will-get-no-child-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten States Will Get No Child Left Behind Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

My State<\/a> is better than your state<\/a>! (Or Province or District.)<\/p>\n

The No Child Left Behind Law, for better or worse, is a Federal program to make states to a better job in education. It is a fairly specific plan. But many states came up with their own plans which are different, yet in some cases, still considered effective. A state can apply for a waiver of the NCLB regulations if they have come up with an alternative that is as good or better.<\/p>\n

The Federal government is reported to be prepared to grant waivers to ten states and they are, alphabetically: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee. New Mexico also applied for a waiver but will not receive one, but may manage to do so with a few changes that are currently in negotiation. A majority of other states, DC, and Puerto Rico plan to seek waivers as well.<\/p>\n

Republicans seem ready to fight this granting of waivers to states, which is interesting (but unsurprising) because Republicans are all about States Rights. I assume that the Republican resistance to this has to do with their dislike of anything Obama does, and I attribute this to a combination of Partisan politics and racism.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see how the Republican governors of Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Tennessee, react to their compatriot’s lack of support for their state’s waivers.<\/p>\n

For the NEA’s take on this, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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