This week’s National Journal Education Experts blog asks about the outcomes that could come from the Obama Administration’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver program. (For more background on the waivers give these Early Ed Watch posts a read.)
In my response, I say that the U.S. Department of Education could have taken advantage of the waiver process to push states to improve their schools’ early education programs. While states are not prohibited from building better early learning systems as a means for improving student learning and school quality, the Department of Education does not encourage states to do so. This is a missed opportunity.
See my full response here.
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