Afternoon Announcements: Kid President is Back with Another Pep Talk

Twelve states have applied for additional flexibility from the U.S. Department of Education on the teacher evaluation requirement of the No Child Left Behind act. Dubbed “waiver-waivers,” the flexibility would allow states to have until 2016-17 to implement the evaluation systems. Politics K-12

Michigan is one of 19 states mentioned by Achieve as developing and implementing high school graduation requirements that align with college- and career-ready standards. Michigan Live

There is positive news out of Arizona this week. High school graduation rates in some of the state’s lowest-income cities improved at “more than twice the rate of ht erest of the state during the last five years.” Providence Journal

Kid President is back and he has another pep talk for us all. He gives us 20 things that we should all say more often. As usual, he’s right on the money. Mind Body Green