Additional States Expected to Request Flexibility in the Coming Weeks
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. President Barack Obama will announce today that ten states that have agreed to implement bold reforms around standards and accountability will receive flexibility from the burdensome mandates of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In exchange for this flexibility, these states have agreed to raise standards, improve accountability, and undertake essential reforms to improve teacher…
