WTF: Why have the Law if you can get a Waiver to ignore it??

NC school officials seeking No Child Left Behind waiver sns.mx/ZRdoy6

(RALEIGH) -- North Carolina school districts could soon get a break from the stringent testing mandates in the No Child Left Behind law, as long as they pursue other reform efforts.

Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson said she’ll pursue an exemption from some reporting requirements. However, the proposal must first get approval from the State Board of Education.

“We want to have our schools measured by ABC accountability model rather than the all or nothing that is a flawed system of No Child Left Behind,” Atkinson said in an interview.

Critics argued that schools have been unfairly punished by the law, which required all students to be proficient in math and reading by the end of the 2013-14 school year. Schools that fail to meet those performance goals could lose federal funding. President Obama recently authorized federal education officials to grant the waivers because Congress failed to address those concerns and rewrite the widely criticized law.