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• What is the Future of No Child Left Behind? (ContributorNetwork)
• Will the No Child Left Behind Act Get Left Behind? (ContributorNetwork)
• Leaving 'No Child' law: Obama lets 10 states flee (AP)
• Some states stay with education law, cite politics (AP)
• Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law (Reuters)
• Is President Obama Buying Votes Through Executive Order? (ContributorNetwork)
• Obama gives education waivers to 10 states (AP)
• No Child Left Behind loses bite as Obama issues waivers (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Stanford University nets $6.2B in 5-year campaign (AP)

What is the Future of No Child Left Behind? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It has been reported by Associated Press that President Obama will free 10 states from the educational constraints put in place by No Child Left Behind. The controversial education plan put in place by President Bush calls for schools to meet minimum educational standards by 2014 or face penalties. Unfortunately, the plan has not unfolded as many had hoped, and schools are now faced with the daunting challenge of meeting steep expectations. Will NCLB rebound, or is this the first step towards the end?

Will the No Child Left Behind Act Get Left Behind? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Obama administration announced today that 10 states will get a waiver from the stringent requirements of the Bush-era "No Child Left Behind Act." It's the beginning of the end for NCLB, unless Congress passes a bipartisan reform of the controversial education law.

Leaving 'No Child' law: Obama lets 10 states flee (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:31 PM PST AP - It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.

Some states stay with education law, cite politics (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:20 PM PST AP - Some of the nation's largest states are questioning whether the Obama administration's offer to let them escape certain mandates of the No Child Left Behind law is a helping hand to improve education or a means to impose more federal control.

Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law (Reuters) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the "No Child Left Behind" education law, a move that could prove popular in an election year with parents and teachers who have criticized the law - but raises concern among some advocates for low-income and minority students.

Is President Obama Buying Votes Through Executive Order? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:42 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Through executive order, President Barack Obama will allow 10 states a pass on the deadline requirements set under No Child Left Behind, according to Fox News. This continues a stream of executive orders given by the president. As a political scientist, I see the president's actions suspicious when added with the fact of how the 2012 election is right around the corner. How many votes will he try to buy through his executive order ability?

Obama gives education waivers to 10 states (AP) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama says his decision to free 10 states from the No Child Left Behind education law will give the flexibility they need to set high standards for students and hold schools accountable.

No Child Left Behind loses bite as Obama issues waivers (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:19 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - For 10 states, the chance to get No Child Left Behind off their backs has finally arrived, with President Obama announcing long-awaited waivers from some aspects of the federal education law Thursday.

Stanford University nets $6.2B in 5-year campaign (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:08 PM PST AP - Stanford University's latest five-year fundraising drive netted $6.2 billion, the largest amount ever raised in a higher education campaign, school officials said Wednesday.

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