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As the Obama Administration gets going on reforming education,  U.S. Secretary of Education, Arnie Duncan is granting interviews on CNN and giving us a better idea of what the administration sees as concerns and issues for NCLB.

Portland school board member Bobbie Regan writes in the Oregonian about the message she and 1,000 school board members delivered on Capitol Hill today as part of the National School Board Association's Legislative Efforts this month.

She acknowledges the benefits of NCLB and talks about the need for school reform—but that doesn’t stop her from holding policymakers’ feet to the fire!

Here's an interesting post on Slate from a year ago regarding No Child Left Behind legislation.  It includes a "Fix-It List" for Education in the U.S..

It's kind of like a "honey-do" list for Spring and it is fitting that it is published on April Fools Day...

Quite a bit of information is out there; stay engaged!

Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind; a six-year anniversary.

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A good place to learn about the process of reauthorization and keep up with current news on what is happening on a national level is to go to Public Education Network's webpage.  This is an excellent site to get information and you can also sign up your organization in favor of PEN's proposed changes to the bill by going here.

I found this opinion piece back in 2007 to describe in two typed-pages the cost and benefit to NCLB.  This could be the start to a conversation our community could have on NCLB reauthorization.

Recent court rulings and commentary on NCLB from the National School Board Association can be found here.

John Merrow's reporting on PBS NewsHour has a great deal of information and audio on NCLB.

A short primer on No Child Left Behind in 5 minutes or less.  If you've never heard of this federal mandate, please listen.

For more on NCLB and how it has affected the Madison Metropolitan School District over the past six years, go to:

1. A mom's perspective, Maya's editorial in 2005;
2. An educator's actions, the reaction it caused, and other observations;
3. A teacher's perspective and community opinions;
4. And, more observations from other state leaders.
5. If you would like to read about challenging NCLB you might look at the state of Virginia.