Hawaii plans to apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements later this year. Meanwhile, 11 states already received the sought-after flexibility and 26 new states have applied. 

A lot of the requirements for the waiver dovetail with the education reforms Hawaii promised in its Race to the Top application. But the state has had trouble satisfying the feds so far with its follow-through on the RTTT commitments.

The results of U.S. DOE’s Race to the Top visit, which they say will likely occur “sometime next month,” will probably help us gauge our eligibility for the waiver.