Teacher Anita Cox (far left) takes a question from junior Erik Nevarez, 17, (right, hand raised) before student presentations begin in an AP Psychology class at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Junior Breonna Thomas, 17, works on a laptop in her AP Psychology class at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Freshman Ja'Vonte' Jones, 15, studies in his biology class at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Principal Leslie Yanders (center, in pink) high-fives a student while visiting a biology class at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Andrew Yasin, a junior, gives his survey results in his AP Psychology class at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Trennae Davis, 14, (left) and Justus Perkins, 15, both freshman, work on biology homework at Hammond High School in Hammond, Ind. Thursday February 9, 2012. Indiana is among 10 states that are to get a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Waiver request OK’d for Indiana for ‘No Child’ rules
Indiana was one of 10 states granted a waiver Thursday from federal No Child Left Behind rules after it promised to set higher standards and create new ways to measure what students are learning. Local educators celebrated the end of what they called unattainable goals … Read More