Oklahoma granted waiver on No Child Left Behind law

 
By Chris Casteel - Washington Bureau
Published: February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma is one of ten states that will be granted a waiver on Thursday from some requirements of the education law known as No Child Left Behind , a White House official confirmed.

The state was one of 11 that applied last year for relief from stringent mandates.

Oklahoma pledged to the U.S. Department of Education that, by 2020, all children in the state would graduate from high school "co...


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