Path to a same-sex charter school…Schools sue Texas over funding…Choice, charters, vouchers pushed by Gov. Corbett…and more in Today’s Daily Headlines
‘No Child’ Overhaul Bill Introduced in Senate
Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2011
A top Senate Democrat introduced a draft bill Tuesday that would significantly alter the No Child Left Behind education law and drastically roll back the federal government’s role in public schools.
Education Bill Draws Fire From Rights Groups
Washington Post, DC, October 11, 2011
A top Senate Democrat rolled out his plan Tuesday to revamp the main federal education law, but it immediately drew fire from civil rights groups that argued it would ease pressure on schools to provide quality education to all children, regardless of race or income.
Groups Attack School Bill
The Tennessean, TN, October 12, 2011
The measure, which is being decried by civil rights groups as a step backward when it comes to accountability for the education of poor and minority children, would scrap the 10-year-old law’s signature yardstick, known as Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP. Instead, states would have to ensure that all students are making “continuous improvement.”
Parent Trigger Laws: Part of School Reform’s ‘Silly Season’
Washington Post Blog, DC, October 12, 2011
There is a new wave of legislation, called the parent trigger, which has been proposed in almost two dozen states, already adopted in some, and that is taking parental involvement in education to a whole new level.
FROM THE STATES
Portsmouth School Board: Change Rules on School Choice
Portsmouth Herald, NH, October 12, 2011
The School Board has drafted a letter to N.H. Commissioner of Education Virginia Barry urging her to change the state’s policy on school choice, a controversial provision of the No Child Left Behind law that disrupted city elementary schools this year.