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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. The previous federal law, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, required states to develop and give standardized tests in third to eighth grade. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates.

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. Department of Labor figures, that teachers are quitting their jobs at record rates, since such records began to be kept in 2001. In addition, schools of education are reporting a steep decrease in student enrollment. In the next decade, according to the U.S.

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A new test that no student would dread — one that leads to citizenship

The Hechinger Report

Doe that public elementary and secondary schools couldn’t consider immigration status when a student seeks to enroll. But better even than DACA is the DREAM Act — or the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, which was originally introduced in 2001 by Sen. The 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v. Then came 9/11.