K12> Federalization of Schools
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- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:26:45 -0600
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From: Steve <uriel1998@xxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: News: Federalization of Schools
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:17:38 -0500
SCHOOL FEDERALIZATION NOT WORKING
[Bush's federalization of school policy is not only unconstitutional.
It's not working well. Ironically, some of the worst results are in
Washington DC, the capitol colony under the control of the president and
Congress.]
GREG TOPPO, USA TODAY - One year after President Bush signed the
sweeping "No Child Left Behind" education bill into law, states are
rolling out ambitious testing programs, improving teacher quality,
developing excruciatingly detailed report cards ? and struggling to make
it all work. Only 12 states are on track to comply with even half of the
major federal requirements, according to a report scheduled by the
independent Education Commission of the States. Though states have a few
years to meet some of the requirements, many were already due.
In the first detailed look at how all 50 states and the District of
Columbia are grappling with the complex law, ECS found that many have a
long way to go. . . Among the results so far:
Of the 40 federal requirements examined by ECS, 12 states are close to
fulfilling half or more. Among the furthest along: Mississippi,
Tennessee and Texas, which have met or nearly met 24 requirements, and
North Carolina with 26. Among those lagging furthest behind: Nebraska,
New Hampshire and Oregon, which are on track with only three each.
Thirty-nine states are developing accountability systems, but fewer than
half are even close to figuring out how to assess or improve the test
scores of children in every subgroup, such as low-income, minority and
disabled kids.
Every state is at least partly on track to have required math, reading
and science standards in place over the next two years, as well as
actual tests in reading and math. Forty states are working to identify
schools with consistently poor test scores, where students must be
offered tutoring or transportation to another public school; 28 states
have a list of approved tutors, and 20 actually are offering tutoring.
Only 25 are ready to offer transfers, which were to have begun last fall
in the 48 states with underperforming schools.
Only five states ? California, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana and Ohio ? have
developed policies by which students in "persistently dangerous schools"
can transfer to another school. States were required to begin allowing
the transfers last fall. Ten states have defined what "highly qualified
teachers" are, but only eight are close to having them in their
classrooms, and only Wisconsin says it has a highly qualified teacher in
every classroom. . . .
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2003-01-28-education-cover-usat_x.htm
STATE BY STATE COMPARISON
http://nclb.ecs.org/nclb/
Steve
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