10 states can try different sanctions under NCLB

 Flanked by state Republican leaders in St. Paul, Minnesota, the nation’s top education official said increased flexibility for a select group of states under the No Child Left Behind law would help struggling students. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said up to 10 states will be able to dispense different sanctions to schools based on the degree to which they miss annual progress goals. She said the new method would give those states and their schools more power to target money to students having the most trouble keeping up. The announcement Tuesday, March 18, 2008, was the latest attempt to quell complaints about the law, which is up for renewal in Congress. So far, lawmakers trying to advance it haven’t gained much traction. Read the article by The Associated Press online.