Arne Duncan tells Education Writers Association: NCLB has to go (the name, not the law)
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed the annual convention of the Education Writers Association in Washington, DC Thursday night, and he said that the name "No Child Left Behind" has to go.
"The name 'No Child Left Behind' is toxic," he said.
Duncan doesn't want to scrap NCLB by a long shot, but he wants to see some changes, especially in how schools are evaluated. He called himself a big fan of value-added methods of judging ...
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This atmosphere has created a vicious circle: teachers can’t honestly express themselves for fear of repercussions, so their valuable input isn’t heard. Without their opinions and input, the system cannot be improved. Thus, the system stays the same.
In many instances, open dialog and transparency (and trust) needs to happen to jump-start reform.