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Catching up on the waivers

Tyson Eberhardt
3.5.2012

For those who slept in on Friday—or tuned in to the other education reform event that morning—you can catch up on the future of NCLB by watching the full video from “Weighing the Waivers: Did the Administration Get It Right on ESEA Flexibility?” The discussion between Ed Week’s Michele McNeil, the Department of Education’s Carmel Martin, Jeremy Ayers of the Center for American Progress, and Mike Petrilli ranged from the details of the waiver process to what it all means for ESEA reauthorization.

Tags: Center for American Progress No Child Left Behind Act United States Department of Education

Tyson Eberhardt is online editor and external relations manager at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. A 2008 graduate of Princeton University, Tyson completed the university’s Teacher Preparation Program as a student-teacher in Trenton, New Jersey. Tyson received a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in 2010, focusing his studies on variance among charter schools. Tyson…

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