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Tag: No Child Left Behind
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Nation & World
Some child, left behind?
On the cusp of a new education bill from Senate Republicans, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called this week for repeal and replacement of No Child Left Behind, the signature education reform from a decade ago.
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Nation & World
Room for improvement in ed policy
In a discussion at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, a panel of education experts examined how the election results will impact education reform at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Nation & World
Education reform, by the numbers
The Strategic Data Project at the Graduate School of Education aims to develop a new corps of data analysts who can help to lead reform of the nation’s public school systems.
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Nation & World
Duncan urges experiments in education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for large-scale educational reform during a talk at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
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Nation & World
Heading for Congress
Twenty-four incoming members of Congress visited the Harvard Kennedy School this week for a four-day conference to help prepare them for their new jobs.
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Nation & World
Like-minded
Former Washington, D.C., chancellor of schools Michelle Rhee, former Florida governor and current visiting fellow Jeb Bush, and the Center for American Progress’ John Podesta tackled the politics of education reform at an Institute of Politics forum moderated by former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.
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Nation & World
Teaching beyond the tests
A panel explores the effects of high-stakes testing, and suggests new measurements of achievement are needed.
