Local school officials praise Obama’s education reform

The law will change the way teachers are evaluated and how the poorest performing schools are pushed to improve. Sen.

“And we owe the children of America a good education”.

NCLB was roundly criticized as forcing teachers to concentrate on making sure students could pass standardized tests, and the new law is supposed to help with that. And I would say that unless we see similar efforts, it’s unlikely that we’re going to see these disparities disappear.

The new legislation will curb the role of the federal government in education, and instead allow states and local governments to set their own standards.

The long-awaited bill to replace the 2002 law easily passed the Senate on Wednesday and the House last week, in a rare example of the Republican-controlled Congress and Obama finding common ground on major legislation.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow is anticipating a brighter future for K-12 education in Wyoming, thanks to the passage of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

The Every Student Succeeds Act requires schools to test 95% of students every year from the third through eighth grades, and again in high school.

The new law includes an amendment from U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., who served as a negotiator of the bill as a Member of the House and Senate Conference Committee. It will also establish new resources to test promising practices and replicate proven strategies that will drive opportunity and better outcomes for students.

Walters said the law is still very new and they are still working out the details on changes to the school system, but he encourages parents to take part in the discussion.

“It really gives our state a little bit more control over the design of our education system and how it treats our schools, how it treats our teachers and most importantly how it treats our kids”.

The new law will let teachers find each student’s strengths and weaknesses and what works for them to succeed.