California's state board expressed strong support for the effort of a group of school districts seeking a flexibility waiver from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Read Full Post >
Obama administration officials talk federal early-education proposals, turnarounds, NCLB waivers, and sequestration in addressing urban school leaders' annual legislative conference. Read Full Post >
A group of like-minded California districts are forging ahead to seek a waiver from mandates of NCLB after the state of California's bid to do so failed. Read Full Post >
Superintendents from Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, and Long Beach lobby the U.S. Secretary of Education to approve their waiver application. Read Full Post >
As the mourning continues, school district officials and law enforcement grapple with resuming classes in Newtown, Conn., as the tragedy puts gun-control laws in the spotlight. Read Full Post >
Districts need to move quickly if they're interested in applying for this money, which can be used to spur education reform at the local level. Read Full Post >
The Allentown, Pa., school district will have to take a number of steps to better prevent and address sexual harassment to resolve a federal investigation into how it handled the sexual assaults by a 5th grade student on 6- and 7-year-old schoolmates. Read Full Post >
State and local education officials say that federal data requests take a lot of time and effort to fulfill, according to a report from a Congressional watchdog agency. Read Full Post >
Leaders of large suburban districts say they're looking for a voice in crafting federal policy, as well as a place where they can share best practices with similar systems. Read Full Post >
The U.S. Education Department's office for civil rights found the district didn't take all the steps required to investigate the case as required by the federal law and punished the student who reported the rape as a form of retaliation. Read Full Post >
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