Obama's NCLB waivers: are they necessary or illegal?President
Obama sparked much debate in Washington with his plan to grant
states waivers from provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110),
commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States
federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on
May 23, 2001 (NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education
initiative) ), conditional on their willingness to embrace
certain reform proposals sketched out in the administration's
March 2010 proposal "A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act “Title I”
redirects here. For other uses of "Title I", see Title I
(disambiguation). The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) (Pub.L. 89-10, 79 Stat. 77, ) is a United States federal
statute enacted April 111965. " State leaders have cheered the
president's decision to offer them much-needed relief from
onerous requirements. Key Republican leaders, i