Six states get leeway to craft individual reforms

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced the approval of six states—Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio—to use the Differentiated Accountability Pilot aimed at helping states differentiate between underperforming schools in need of dramatic interventions and those that are closer to meeting the goals of No Child Left Behind.

To read the U.S. Department of Education release, click here.

To read The Associated Press article, click here.