“Lessons No. 1 from NCLB: Accountability is a powerful tool and is working to improve learning.
Lesson No. 2: Accountability makes people uncomfortable. We no longer are able to hide from the facts, which is that only half our minority students stand a chance of graduating from high school on time.
Lesson No. 3: The reauthorization should encourage continuous improvement in our classrooms, give educators the credit they deserve for the most challenging work, and provide parents and students more customizable options. Parents deserve even more information and better options that customize schools to meet the needs of their children. We need more charters, more school choice, more customized technology, and more real-time feedback to catch educational problems, intervene immediately, and better address the needs of our student population.”
From 2010 issue of US News & World Report on School Reform
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