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Two years after offering states waivers under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the U.S. Department of Education hopes states will enhance accountability and offer support for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in exchange for waivers and additional flexibility under the law.

The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) has awarded $450,000 over three years from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation to support community-based Graduation Matters initiatives, and OPI received an additional $15,000 to add to the challenge fund this year.

Maryland Superintendent of Schools Lillian Lowery said during a Sept. 10 public forum that the introduction of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to schools' curriculum will change the way educators, students, parents, and the community as a whole see, understand, and use education.

Louisiana Education Superintendent John White says that the state will expand, and possibly double, the number of pilot projects testing Louisiana's overhaul of how 4-year-olds are educated in the spring.

This video by Stand for Children provides parents with a clear two-minute overview of what the Common Core is, why it’s critical now and how it will prepare our kids for college and the jobs of today – and tomorrow.

The Response to Intervention initiative in Iowa aims to ensure students read at or above grade level by the end of third grade.

Fourteen public schools were awarded $1 million in grants for exceptional achievement as part of Hawaii's new Strive HI Performance System, which is the state's redesigned school accountability and performance system that offers rewards to "recognition" schools that demonstrate significant progress in student achievement, graduation rates, and closing achievement gaps.

Guam Superintendent Jon Fernandez says $3 million in federal funds will be used to purchase new technology for schools, including 100 mobile laptop and tablet carts with a total of 3,000 computers.

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson says the U.S. Department of Education approved the state's full grant request of $10.8 million to help close to 130,000 high school students pay for Advanced Placement and other college-level exams.

The Interim Board of Directors for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently named CAEP’s first Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2013.