NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Video and story from Arne Duncan visit
Here's the video link for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's visit to North Dakota on Tuesday: http://vimeo.com/15805200 The Michael Steele video will be posted this morning yet. Yesterday got a ...
Posted on 10/13/10 at 8:59 AM
ND withdraws application for No Child waiver 
State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler has withdrawn North Dakota's application for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements, opting instead to push for changes in the federal education law that many have criticized.
By Associated Press , March 05, 2013
North Dakota determined to get No Child waiver
North Dakota is standing firm in negotiations to get a waiver that would swap a state-designed education improvement plan for provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
By Forum Staff Report , February 17, 2013
North Dakota’s "No Child Left Behind" application to be heard
North Dakota’s application to waive certain provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act will be reviewed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the federal executive committee without further revision required, Kirsten Baesler, state superintendent of public instruction, said Monday.
By Forum News Service , February 12, 2013
North Dakota’s No Child Left Behind application to be heard
North Dakota’s application to waive certain provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act will be reviewed by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the federal executive committee without further revision required, Kirsten Baesler, state superintendent of public instruction, said Monday.
By Herald Staff Report , February 11, 2013
LLOYD OMDAHL: ‘No Child Left Behind’ gets left behind
North Dakota is joining 33 other states in asking the federal government to waive the performance criteria required by the No Child Left Behind legislation signed into law in 2002. The law was a national effort to raise reading and math proficiency in public schools.
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 28, 2013
ND applies for waiver from No Child Left Behind
North Dakota is applying for a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.
By Associated Press , September 10, 2012
ND educators favor applying for No Child waiver
A committee of North Dakota education officials has voted in favor of applying for a waiver from the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
By Associated Press , August 29, 2012
Kirsten Baesler, Mandan, N.D., letter: Waiver won’t provide relief from NCLB
No one cares more about North Dakota’s students than North Dakotans, and it’s time we get Washington out of the way.
By Kirsten Baesler , August 19, 2012
Minnesota schools get new ratings to measure student achievement, accurately portray school performance
The Minnesota Department of Education released new ratings today to gauge student achievement in an attempt to accurately portray school performance — something the No Child Left Behind law failed to do, officials said.
By Jana Hollingsworth , May 21, 2012
Kris Wallman, Fargo, letter: Berg should join senators in support of NCLB reform
I recently asked North Dakota’s U.S. senators if they were on board with an improved version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Both said they would support re-authorization in a timely way.
I asked Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., if he would sign on, and his reply was, “We need to rein-in our out-of-control deficit.”
By Kris Wallman , April 15, 2012
N.D. school superintendent candidate says student testing too extensive
Max Laird, a former Grand Forks teacher and former president of the North Dakota Education Association, believes the "No Child Left Behind" law demands too many tests. He said they are of limited usefulness in gauging a teacher's skill or a student's progress.
By Associated Press , March 01, 2012
N.D. education officials targeting No Child waiver application by fall
The state chose not to apply before a deadline last fall and will not apply by the second-round deadline at the end of this month.
By Associated Press , February 17, 2012
Minnesota among 10 states to be freed from fed No Child Left Behind requirements
President Barack Obama today declared that 10 states are free from the No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to scrap some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education. In exchange, the states are promising higher standards and more creative ways to measure what students are learning.
By Ben Feller and Kimberly Hefling , February 09, 2012
Schools not doing enough to reach students, says U.S. Education Department
In its initial review of No Child Left Behind waiver requests, the U.S. Education Department highlighted a similar weakness in nearly every application: States did not do enough to ensure schools would be held accountable for the performance of all students.
By Christine Armario , January 31, 2012
THEIR OPINION: Would waiver from No Child Left Behind law help students in Minnesota?
"No Child Left Behind made it hard for our school systems to hide their failures," the editorial states. "But its one-size-fits-all approach to accountability - in which even some schools perceived as excellent were labeled as failing - merits discussion."
By Pioneer Press Editorial Board , December 15, 2011
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