What the US Presidential Candidates Should Be Talking About
Three questions regarding education the 2012 presidential hopefuls should be pressed on.
On Friday, President Obama granted greater flexibility to states struggling to meet requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act that has guided U.S. education policy since its signing in 2002. While noting that NCLB appropriately focuses on raising standards, improving accountability and closing the achievement gap, he criticized the policy for pressuring teachers to “teach to the test,” reducing emphasis on subjects like history and science, and incentivizing states to lower their standards to avoid being labeled failures. Aspects of NCLB on which the administration will grant greater flexibility include requirements for 100 percent of students to prove proficiency in math and reading by 2014 and for failing schools to provide students with after-school tutoring and free transportation to better schools.
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