Mo. seeks public input for waiver to No Child law

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is asking for public input on its proposal to seek a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

States are allowed to request a waiver through the U.S. Department of Education, which requires all students to show proficiency in math and reading by 2014. States must meet conditions such as setting standards to prepare students for college and careers.

Missouri education officials say they will gather public input on their proposal until Jan. 5 and present the plan to the State Board of Education on Jan. 17.

The state’s application can be viewed at http://dese.mo.gov/qs/esea-waiver.html.

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herekitty 1 year, 5 months ago

I've lived in South Dakota since 93. The students there are in the top 10 for education level. And S.D. is also in the top 10 for lowest pay level. "DO NOT let Missouri get a waiver for the 'No Child Left Behind'".Instead push your school boards for a higher level of schooling, Make them work for all the taxes you have to pay.

JCLifer 1 year, 5 months ago

SD has good numbers because the extremely poor schools are pulled out and counted with the indian reservations. Include the results of SD's indian reservations, and then South Dakota's school performance bites the dust.

Missouri is already above average on the NAPE and ACT.

viktorkowski 1 year, 5 months ago

teaching for the test is detrimental to education. take a look at china as they perfected the model. once they reach college they are complete shells of individuals when no sense of creativity. they couldn't think their way out of a box without directions. that is one of the reasons the chinese government spends so much on intellectual theft, because their engineers can't create anything from scratch.

tonto_goldberg 1 year, 5 months ago

It's quicker and cheaper to steal, too.

Sequoia 1 year, 5 months ago

Isn't one of the problems with NCLB the requirement that ALL students attain certain educational levels? In order for educational standards to mean anything, some students must fail. If everyone passes, it is not a "standard." NCLB seems to encourage "teaching to the test," which demoralizes students and teachers, or outright test score fraud, as we have seen in some other states. NCLB seems like a top-heavy regulation that was never a good idea to begin with.

tonto_goldberg 1 year, 5 months ago

It was a simplistic solution to a complicated problem. It had what they used to call "truthiness" - since people in power wanted to believe in it, it just had to be right. That is a one-way ticket to disaster.

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