“The U. S. Department of Education is cracking another whip to force states and local school districts to comply with federal edicts. The mandates of Race to the Top and the No Child Left Behind waiver (such as federally crafted teacher-evaluation systems) will now be enforced with threats of civil-rights sanctions,” Jane Robbins, senior fellow with American Principles Project, told Caffeinated Thoughts in an email. “It’s particularly interesting, in light of the nationwide controversy about the College Board’s new, leftist AP US History course, that the Department will be forcing local districts and schools to increase AP participation (apparently with little regard for a student’s academic readiness for an AP course). With Race to the Top, Common Core, politicized AP courses, and now threats of costly litigation, local control over education is quickly ebbing away.”
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:00:00 +0000
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