NCLB's requirement for universal proficiency has created a perverse incentive for states to lower standards in order to avoid federal sanctions. Florida's experience over the past decade shows that state-level education reforms can ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger to shorten the school year by five days is creating panic among educators across California, who say they barely have enough time to fit the state’s academic standards into the existing 180-day calendar. ...
NCLB has already been tweaked and revamped by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in response to state requests waivers from its near-impossible mandates. California, for one, asked Spelling to waive the NCLB requirement to give ...
The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case over the constitutionality of a state law (AB 540) that allows undocumented students who graduate from state high schools to pay in-state tuition at public universities. ...
Patricia Nazario: The California Department of Education is raising the bar for adult literacy and “transition to job” programs. The state’s complying with changes in the federal Adult Basic Education Initiative for Student Success. ...
We urge Congress to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to preserve accountability, spur the development of higher standards and better assessments, and increase funding and support for students, schools, and teachers ...
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The state government is slashing health services and education programs. Under Schwarzenegger’s plan, University of California, California State University and state community colleges will be forced to lay off workers and make other ...
Kevin R. Johnson Dean Professor of Law and Chicana/o Studies, and Mabie-Apallas Public Interest Law Chair Univ. of California, Davis, School of Law • Web Profile • Email Bill O. Hing Professor of Law Director of Clinical Legal Education ...
