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Friday, December 07, 2012  State Superintendent of Education Dr. Mick Zais stopped by Lucy T. Davis Elementary in Florence County Thursday evening to discuss the No Child Left Behind waiver the state received in July and the proposed changes that could take effect.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  State schools Superintendent Mick Zais says a waiver from key provisions of the No Child Left Behind law provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform education in South Carolina.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  More than 70 Horry County area parents and teachers attended a meeting held by the State Education Department Wednesday night. South Carolina Department of Education members are going around the state to show what's on their proposed waiver to opt out of federal requirement standards from No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

Monday, January 09, 2012  South Carolina schools Superintendent Mick Zais is talking at a Columbia school about his proposal for opting out of No Child Left Behind.

Thursday, December 22, 2011  South Carolina Superintendent of Education Mick Zais announced Thursday the dates and locations for a series of community stakeholder meetings about the state's intent to request flexibility from certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly called No Child Left Behind.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Superintendent Mick Zais' drafted proposal for changing how No Child Left Behind works in South Carolina includes giving schools a letter grade for their performance, rewarding high achievers with money, and rating teachers' classroom effectiveness.

Monday, October 10, 2011  South Carolina will delay until February a request for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Monday, September 26, 2011  South Carolina's new education accountability system will look a lot like the system that has been in place for years if the U.S. Education Department lets South Carolina opt out of No Child Left Behind.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011  This school year expectations are high at Timrod Elementary School. Timrod Elementary is a part of Florence School District One and is one of the few schools in the Pee Dee that met federally mandated goals.

Friday, July 29, 2011  The South Carolina Department of Education released the district and school ratings from the federal Adequate Yearly Progress as part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The number of elementary and middle schools meeting all of their federal goals last school year was down to just 27 percent. 61 percent of them met all the goals in 2010.

Friday, May 06, 2011  PASS tests that are used to measure compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind act. Do you think there's too much emphasis put on standardized tests?

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Democratic congressional candidate Rob Miller says he will work to scrap the federal "No Child Left Behind" education law if he is elected to the U.S. House.

Monday, August 02, 2010  Horry County schools made progress this year toward meeting goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Monday, August 02, 2010  Horry County School Superintendent Cynthia Elsberry held a news conference Monday morning to announce how Horry County schools performed in meeting 2010 goals under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Friday, January 22, 2010  Horry County Schools did not meet their educational goals last year under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.