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NEW! DO
STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND? |
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The purpose of this agreement is to help parents and teachers come
to a consensus on the responsibilities of the individuals influencing student’s achievement. School-Parent Compact: Action Guide for Parent and Community Leaders (download full report) |
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To learn more about the requirements for teachers under No Child Left Behind, you can access the revised "Highly Qualified Teachers and Improving Teacher Quality State Grants" Non-Regulatory Guidance at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/legislation.html#guidance. |
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ARMED FORCES RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Did you know that NCLB Title IX, Section 9528 requires school districts that receive NCLB assistance to share student information such as names and addresses of students to military recruiters? Another provision in Section 9528 allows parents and students to protect this information by requesting that it not be released. http://www.publiceducation.org/portals/nclb/military/military_home.asp |
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IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative The U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher-to-Teacher initiative is continuing to support teachers throughout the country by offering free online professional development opportunities. Thousands of teachers have now viewed the Department’s free online professional development sessions, which focus on improving teachers' content knowledge and teaching skills in reading, math and science. http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/index.html |
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LISTENING
TO TEACHERS: CLASSROOM REALITIES AND NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP) has released the findings of a survey that collected urban teachers' opinions regarding the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The survey asked teachers to evaluate both the theories at the heart of the NCLB and the impact of the law in the classroom. http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/news/pressreleases/NCLBTeach.php |
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The LD OnLine Report offers news about learning disabilities and about
the latest events. http://www.ldonline.org/ MAKING NCLB WORK FOR CHILDREN WHO STRUGGLE TO LEARN http://www.ld.org/NCLB/MakingNCLBwork.pdf |
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The
W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission
is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people. Its founder
W.K. Kellogg, the cereal industry pioneer, established the Foundation
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The
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act established new educational requirements
for paraprofessionals. All paraprofessionals who work in a program
that receives Title I funds and who provide instructional support
(including support for special-needs students in schoolwide projects)
must meet the new requirements. http://www.aft.org/topics/nclb/paras.htm |
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The
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals (NRCP) is a non-profit
organization established in 1979. The NRCP is located at Utah State
University in Logan, Utah. http://www.nrcpara.org/index.shtml T his is a link to the updates in the NCLB legislation on para involvement -- has some other good links and resources http://www.nrcpara.org/legislation/index.shtml |
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SCHOOLS
NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY AND FUNDING BIPARTISAN POLL SHOWS A new bipartisan poll commissioned by the National Education Association (NEA) reveals that the more voters learn about the real world impact of the two-year-old federal education law, the "No Child Left Behind" Act, the more they believe changes must be made. A comprehensive survey of voter attitudes on the federal government's role in education was conducted earlier this month in partnership with a Republican polling firm and a Democratic polling firm. It found that clear majorities of voters see the need to significantly increase federal investment in the nation's public schools. Click below to see more... www.nea.org/newsreleases/2004/nr040114.html |
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Information
from the National Network of Partnership Schools that has information
about NCLB and how it is applied to schools. www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/nochild.htm |
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This Education
Commission of the States website provides the public with a one-stop
shop for learning the day-to-day status of how state policies match
up with NCLB requirements. www.nclb.ecs.org/nclb/ |
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The
35th Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll reveals that the public lacks information
about No Child Left Behind and that they question the implementation
strategies of this legislation. While the public views improving student
achievement and closing the achievement gap as top priorities, the
majority of Americans believe that decisions impacting schools and
communities should be local decisions. For a summary of findings download
the poll results go to www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kpollpdf.htm |
| FairTest |
The
National Center for Fair & Open Testing A new report out from FairTest details the fundamental errors in the conception and execution of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The report goes on to propose a better system of accountability to serve as the basis of a comprehensive overhaul of NCLB. The full report and a summary report are now available on the web at www.fairtest.org/Failing_Our_Children_Report.html |