Education Links

-President Obama gave a speech on the renewal of NCLB this morning.  Here's the White House press release.

-As 2014 draws near and benchmarks are higher, the Department of Education estimates that up to 82% of schools could be declared failing this year, though not everybody is buying that estimate.

-Arts education in schools is dropping, particularly in higher-poverty schools, as schools focus on math and reading in order to meet NCLB benchmarks (see below).