NCLB

I believe there should be a national information bank of lesson plans and
units in all content areas. Communities could then use these units as-is or
modify them as they see fit. The units should cover all content areas and
incorporate best practices. Such an initiative would head-off the political
infighting that would inevitably occur if the Dept. of Education were to
impose a national curriculum on the populace; yet it would also allow
districts around the country to quickly and easily adopt an array of units
that would fit their students' needs.

The Huffington Post reports that NYC’s Schools Chancellor, Joel Klein, is rumored to be on the President-elect’s short-list for Secretary of Education. Blogger “godrummer” speaks most eloquently on the topic:

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is experimenting with a new and (potentially) promising model of accountability: the Growth Model. Some states are experimenting with this model in order to meet the NCLB requirement that all children be proficient in reading and math by 2014. What is the model?