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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Dean vs NCLB
I was actually at the first event in Merrimack NH yesterday. I would add that Dean has said that the biggest single thing the Federal government can do to help local schools is to fully fund the 40% of special education that the Congress originally promised when they passed the mandate, but which has never even been approached - someone can correct me, but I think the max the Congress has ever funded is around 22-23%, and the current rate is about 19%. Dean is also insistent that the Federal government should not be overriding the local control of school systems, and has made remarks about his experience in Vermont. He has said that he wants strong accountability, but that it does not necessarily ahve to be high stakes tests. Here I note that when Richard MIlls was educational commissioner in VT he was a pioneer fo using portfolios as a means of assessment. Boy has he changd since going to NY Ken Bernstein Kenneth J. Bernstein
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