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NCLB and Other Elementary/Secondary Policy Documents

The Department of Education has updated its list of significant guidance documents that includes every guidance document related to NCLB that currently in effect.
U.S. Department of Education
August 2008

U.S. Secretary of Education Remarks on No Child Left Behind

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings delivered remarks on No Child Left Behind and the Administration's K-12 priorities for 2008 at the National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon in Washington, D.C. This Department of Education page lets you read her prepared remarks.
U.S. Department of Education
February 2008

Duncan is Asked to Weigh Key Special Education Issues

Special-educators and other advocates for students with special needs are asking U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to limit the use of restraints to discipline students with special needs, to create final regulations for preschool children with disabilities and to reconsider how many students with special needs can take modified state tests under NCLB.
Education Week
February 2009

Congress Is Urged to Enhance 'No Child' Law

President Bush urged the Democratic-led Congress to revive a stalled effort to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law before he leaves office, but he pledged to veto any bill that "weakens the accountability" measures at the core of one of his signature domestic achievements.
The Washington Post
March 2008

Supplemental Educational Services Under NCLB: State Implementation for Students with Disabilities

This In-Brief Policy Analysis provides readers a comprehensive background for SES for students with disabilities. This survey analysis describes what states are doing in this area concerning requirements, approval processes, assistance to local education agencies, data collection and effectiveness for students with disabilities.
NASDSE
November 2007

Education and the Next President: A Live Debate

“Education and the Next President,” a live debate taking place at Teachers College, Columbia University, between Linda Darling-Hammond, education adviser to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Lisa Graham Keegan, education adviser to Republican nominee John McCain.
Edweek
October 2008

Teacher Quality under NCLB

Ensuring that every child is taught by a highly qualified teacher is a central feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This report describes the progress that states, districts, and schools have made implementing the teacher and paraprofessional qualification provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act through 2004–05.
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
September 2007

New Reports from the Center on Education Policy

Four new reports from the Center on Education Policy:

  • Restructuring Under the No Child Left Behind Act in Maryland: 2007-08 Follow-Up Report
  • Uncharted Territory: An Examination of Restructuring Under NCLB in Georgia
  • It Takes More Than a Hero: School Restructuring in Ohio Under the No Child Left Behind Act
  • Title I Funds -- Who's Gaining, Who's Losing: School Year 2008-09 Update

These reports can all be downloaded free of charge by going to: http://www.cep-dc.org  Look under "What's New."

Center on Education Policy
September 2008


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